Billionaire ‘Class Traitor’ Steyer Wants to Tax His Fellow Rich

Tom Steyer rolled into working-class East San Jose in a pale blue bus, a billionaire on his way to a union rally, when Lorena Gonzalez decided to test the premise of his entire campaign.

Gonzalez, a major labor leader in the state, had a stack of red shirts made up for the May Day rally, with “WORKERS OVER BILLIONAIRES!” stamped on the front. “I was like, ‘You need to put it on,’” she said, recounting the scene.

Steyer, 68, didn’t flinch, slipping the tee over his button-down and grinning for the crowd. “My whole campaign is about representing working people against the ...