Harry Reid... the charismatic senator-for-life from Nevada, currently majority leader ...
's vendetta against money in politics isn't exactly consistent, but Reid raised a few eyebrows today when he said Republicans have plenty of billionaires while Democrats don't have "many." CNN's Jake Tapper caught this odd statement and called out Reid for overlooking all the billionaires who actually do support Democrats.
Tapper played the video of Reid and said, "The left doesn't have many billionaire backers? Oh, really? Well, you could name George Soros, David Shaw, Irwin Jacobs, to name a few." He also singled out Tom Steyer, the billionaire philanthropist and environmentalist who has taken on climate change and killing the Keystone XL pipeline as big issues.
Tapper spent the rest of the segment on Steyer himself, and a representative for the liberal billionaire explained that Steyer actually is no fan of the Supreme Court's decisions to boost the influence of money in American politics. But as long as conservatives are doing it, Steyer does not want an uneven playing field, so he's gonna keep giving money to who he can.