Rob Bonta appeared on Fox Business with Neil Cavuto to discuss a proposed wealth tax.
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The John Phillips ShowOct 17, 2026
Multiple sources, including a Fox Business article and a Fox transcript from August 2020, show Rob Bonta, then a California assemblyman, was interviewed by Neil Cavuto on Fox Business about his proposed wealth tax (AB 2088).
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… Do you remember the first time Bob Bonta even came across our desk? Because it was well before he was appointed attorney general. We had not really heard of him because we were mostly back then just based in Southern California. And Bob Bonta, who was in the Assembly, went on with Neil Cavuto on Fox Business to talk about a wealth tax that he was offering that says if you made a bunch of money in California, even if you left the state ten years ago, we can take your money. Oh, that's right. That was the first time Barbara Bonta ever made cable news, to my eye, and he got laughed off the TV. …
The John Phillips Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. A Fox Business article dated August 14, 2020 reports that Cavuto questioned Assemblyman Rob Bonta on 'Cavuto: Coast to Coast' about his proposed 0.4% wealth tax on residents worth more than $30 million.[1]
Supports. A Fox News transcript of Cavuto's segment features Cavuto interviewing 'State Rep. Rob Bonta (D-CA)' about taxing wealthy residents who leave California, which matches the wealth-tax proposal.[3]
Supports. A 2022 Pacific Research article states that Bonta told Fox Business' Neil Cavuto in an interview about the phased-in departure tax under the wealth-tax bill, corroborating the appearance in a separate account.[2]
Context. Bonta's appearance was in 2020, while he was an assemblyman, which fits the post's description of him as 'in the Assembly'. The sources do not address the exact air date beyond the August 2020 coverage, and the claim does not depend on it.[1][3]
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3 sources: 2 not rated, 1 rated low
- 1Cavuto presses California assemblyman over wealth tax ...foxbusiness.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 2Next Tax Increases on the Docket: Two Proposed Tax Hikes on the Richpacificresearch.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Rep. Clyburn calls on GOP to 'come to the table' and negotiate on a functional stimulus planfoxnews.com · rated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited for: supports, context
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