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“The more people listen and look at her ideas . . . they’re gaining in popularity,” state Rep. Marcia Morey, a Durham Democrat who has endorsed Warren, said in an earlier interview. “Her message really resonates to helping the average citizens and working people. That’s why I support her.”

At N.C. A&T, one of five public historically black colleges and universities in North Carolina, Warren reiterated her pledge for $50 billion for HBCUs from a wealth tax.

She detailed the plan in May in a post on the website Blavity. She’d pay for the HBCU funding through an ultra-millionaire tax, “which is a small 2% tax on fortunes over $50 million,” she wrote in the post.

“These institutions have never had the same type of access to public funds like other schools,” she wrote.
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