In a field of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates with no shortage of money, Sen. Kamala Harris and her husband stand out.
The California Democrat and her spouse, lawyer Douglas Emhoff, reported about $1.9 million in adjusted gross income for last year, according to tax returns released earlier this year. Their 2018 haul more than doubles the next-highest earning candidate in the 2020 primary field, out of those who have released returns. Former Vice President Joe Biden, who reportedly has made millions since leaving office in 2017, has not yet released his returns.
Politicians often rack up huge incomes during and after their time in office. Harris' tax returns show an official whose financial success jumped along with her influence on the national stage — and put her among the top earners in a crowded field trying to prove its chops on working-class issues.Read more about how Bernie Sanders became a millionaire.
"Working families need support and need to be lifted up. And frankly, this economy is not working for working people," Harris said at the first 2020 Democratic primary debate last week. She promised to repeal the 2017 Republican tax bill, saying it "benefits the top 1%" of earners and "the biggest corporations in America."
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris speaks during the second night of the first Democratic presidential debate on Thursday, June 27, 2019, at the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami.In a statement, Harris campaign spokesman Ian Sams said the senator's agenda shows she is "committed to lifting up average Americans." He highlighted her plans to
Well done! Congrats
Trump how much did he make⁉️ Oh that’s right DJT 🤥💩 didn’t release his returns as he promised 🤥once elected Prez🤡‼️
Now has reached Trump's radar 👀. Her campaign should consider hijacking 'The Squad' theme of sexist/racist to break away from other candidates 🏁 .
Millionaires and billionaires
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Good for KamalaHarris. Our economy will be in good hands.
Maybe she can share it with the underpaid women on her staff?
CROOK.
How much in taxes did she pay and how much did she contribute to charity?
Rich woman
Biden is 8 figures
Biden and Bernie will dwarf that figure. Funny how all these candidates that criticize the rich are themselves rich. Hypocrisy
Who hasn’t released yet? Why isn’t the media outraged?
Senator Sells Sedition?
Her mom was a scientist and her dad was a professor and she dressed like a rich girl and she is conning everyone that she rode the bus to school. It's comical. I am willing to bet a years salary she didn't ride the bus to school like she says.
and the same day she was demanding Barr recuse himself from the Epstein case they were taking money from his lawyers.
She still sleeping her way to the top?
As a govt employee most of her career 🤔 I’m not a calculus professor but.. I think she’s full of crap
Not sure if their salary really means anything since voters were okay with trump being a 'billionaire'
Check out her website.....
She could make ten times that in private sector.
Marriage and a great example for all feminists.
LOL - love how Harris is worth millions and still tries to act like a victim of the system.
realDonaldTrump must be laughing reading your stupid article
She still claims a six figure income from her job and another 320k from her book. Her husband makes over a million.
So she married well? Your story is totally biased propaganda bullshit
And your point? Doug is a successful lawyer, Kamala has written books, etc. You did the same thing to Hillary meanwhile you ignored DT.
Oh noe. A lady has money. Git her! hOw cAN sHE pOsSiBly rEPrESeNt mE
A socialist even with all that income!
Aha i know how.....her mouth?
This is the hypocrisy of the liberal looney left. The system ALL worked for them. They put in the work, or took the risks, or put themselves out there and guess WHAT? The American economic system worked EXACTLY as it was supposed too and rewarded all of them.
Good for her!
So what.
She can barely afford a house in California. Poor thing
You’re kidding!! You mean to tell me a corrupt Socialist candidate is a hypocrite?!!! Ha ha ha ha ha!! Here’s the question... how does a “government servant” become wealthy?
and this would mean i want to vote for her? haha fuck no. no one wants to vote for these millionaires
She is the devil.
Great. Evangelicals should be lining up to support her.
Being rich is not a negative. I respect and admire a rich person who voluntarily is willing to pay more taxes to improve the lives of their fellow citizens. This only gives her more credibility. She isn’t in it for the money, contrary to what Trump has claimed.
Y'all shut up too
The 1% speaking as if they’re part of the 99% ... that’s politics for ya.
Is Kamala Harris Jewish now ? Since her husband is ..
And somehow she can still relate to the middle class....I don't think so.
I guess she’s a capitalist after all.
Harris is a millionaire too! Who could have guessed that?
Unlike the bogus billionaire in the White House DJT🤥💩 Harris will actually lift up the working class. CNBC needs to inform 🇺🇸about all the questionable & illegal ways Trump has accumulated his wealth. The Dems are small fries and clean compared to DJT 🤥💩‼️Worried about KH⁉️
Here’s how
Typical liberal 'making a fortune off the people' so they can tell the people how stupid they are 'so we'll do everything for you'. SenateDems SenateGOP HouseGOP HouseDemocrats
Mayor Brown pays well I see
Hint: she is corrupt and sells access
Shagging for scheckels
I'm sure that once elected she would give everything to everyone for free just like sander and warren would... the hypocrites speak against the rich while they are millionaires themselves
That’s one high priced Call Girl
DoNotPanicBut KamalaHarris is a fraud. MAGA
Republican or Democrat, people run for office to get wealthy. On the state level or federal once elected, wealth opportunities increase through lobbyist and corporations. Some are business owners prior to being elected but that doesn't stop them from benefitting while in office.
ClarenceMack3 I love how you basically made a video about Doug's income and tried to make it a political stance about Kamala.
And your point is?
Did Kamala get rich by buying up her own book using campaign donations like Bernie Sanders did? Did she funnel donations to her husband, like Bernie does with his wife and family?
This is KAMALA ~ Who's the predator now?
PROTEST TRUMP
Bernie. 3 house and tells others they don't need more than 1. He's been in politics and has done zip in all his 30 plus yrs. and a fake indian heritage SenWarren lied her way up. Kamala slept her way.
Damn she's ain't gonna have a problem putting food on the table for her family so how hell does she know how the average American making less than $200,000 which in reality is poverty is going to put food on their table
She slept her way.
If something wrong was there ,it is business of IRS to point out, no one did, where is the problem
Wait but what about Beto and his wife?
Hell no.
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