WATCH: Former Congresswoman speaks out against Washington income tax

The useful part

Former Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler held a press conference Wednesday to urge support for the income tax repeal initiative backed by Let's Go Washington. I-645 asks voters if they want to repeal the recently passed income tax for individuals who make more than $1 million a year, or combined household income above that threshold. To me, it's worth protecting," said Herrera Beutler in a Wednesday morning press conference broadcast on TVW.

How it works

• She was one of ten House Republicans who voted to impeach President Donald Trump in 2021 following the January 6 Capitol attack, which likely cost her losing the conservative base in 2022's primary.
• The issue is how much they're spending and how fast," she said.
• "When I was asked if I wanted to join this effort to defeat the income tax, I was enthusiastically in because I want my kids to stay here and I want my future grandkids to stay here.
• The former Congresswoman said she is convinced that backers of the income tax fully intend to expand it to be a tax on all levels of income.

What to take from it

"Washington is where we call home because we love our way of life here.

Details worth keeping

"Their issue is not that money isn't coming in. "And there's bipartisan consensus that they're overspending. I mean, we have had two former governors now, Governors Chris Gregoire...