Florida congressional candidate Oliver Larkin, described as a socialist and backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, defended calls to tax billionaires “out of existence” during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity. The exchange matters because it highlighted the political divide over wealth taxation and whether left-wing candidates can translate broad redistributive aims into specific tax policy.

Hannity repeatedly asked Larkin what tax rate he would impose on high earners, but Larkin did not provide a figure in the supplied article text. Instead, he argued for taxing extreme wealth while the interview framed his position through references to Karl Marx and socialist economic ideas.