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| Left-Wing Megadonor Tom Steyer Launches 2020 Ad Buy, Attacks ‘Big-Money Interests’ |
| 2019-07-12 |
| [BREITBART] Left-wing billionaire mega-donor and impeachment crusader Tom Steyer entered the 2020 Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, and launched the first major television advertising blitz of the campaign on Wednesday. Politico reports that Steyer is running two ads for two weeks, focusing on the first four primary and caucus states: "The pair of ads are backed up by $1.4 million dollars in spending, according to details of the ad campaign shared first with POLITICO. They will run nationally on CNN and MSNBC and locally in the four early states ‐ Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada ‐ for two weeks, from July 10 to July 23." Steyer is helped by his massive wealth. His estimated net worth is $1.6 billion, according to Forbes. He "made a fortune, in part, by investing in fossil fuels" while at Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,-based Farallon Capital Management, Forbes adds. As he burst onto the political scene five years ago, Steyer re-invented himself as a climate change activist. According to OpenSecrets.org, he was the Democrats’ single largest individual contributor in the 2014 midterm elections, a cycle in which they lost the Senate. He was also the top donor in 2016, and the third-largest in 2018. Partly at his urging, Senate Democrats ‐ then in the majority ‐ held an all-night talkathon in 2014 urging action to fight climate change. His NextGen Climate Action Committee super PAC has registered millions of voters, focusing on younger voters. In the two-and-a-half years since Trump took office, Steyer has led a campaign to encourage Democrats to impeach the president. He launched the "Need to Impeach" super PAC and, together with NextGen, planned to spend over $100 million and hire 1,000 staff in that effort. He decided not to run for president earlier this year, and spend $30 million to defeat Republicans instead. Steyer has since had a change of heart. His first new commercial, "Money Where His Mouth Is," casts Steyer’s career as one of self-sacrifice for the cause: |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 This guy is dangerous, don't ignore him. On what do you base this assessment, Thralet Ebbeaque9151? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-07-12 22:28 |
| #13 Disagree with many of the comments here. This guy is dangerous, don't ignore him. |
| Posted by: Thralet Ebbeaque9151 2019-07-12 21:14 |
| #12 ^ the leader of the real National Socialist Workers Party had no problem working with them. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-07-12 20:24 |
| #11 Lefties have no problem with billionaires as long as they fund the left. Lefties have no problem with hypocrisy as long as it is in the service of the left. Lefties have no sense of irony at all. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-07-12 17:47 |
| #10 One more reason to turn the damn TV off. I can't stand the smug, sanctimonious tone of voice this guy uses in his TV ads. He's a creep and I'm hoping that even Democrats can see it but with Democrats you never know and, besides, who else do they have? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-07-12 11:19 |
| #9 Ads will run nationally on CNN and MSNBC Preaching to an ever-shrinking choir. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2019-07-12 10:15 |
| #8 A big money interest lefty attacks "Big-Money Interests". Seems to me he is more interested in taking out some future competitors. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-07-12 08:59 |
| #7 And the other candidates have to handle him with kid gloves because whichever one becomes the eventual nominee will want money from him after he drops back out. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-07-12 08:09 |
| #6 Maybe he became a "billionaire" in a similar way to Epstein's "billions". |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-07-12 04:56 |
| #5 These entrants with big money and vacant stares are the idiots who believe the Democrat propaganda machine about Trump. That he's an ignoramus brat who the stupid American public happened to elect because they don't know what's good for them. They think "If he can be elected , why can't I? It just takes charm and money I suppose.If nothing my stocks might go up if I get enough votes." Imbeciles. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-07-12 03:23 |
| #4 Is this guy retarded? Or is he trying to throw away his money? Soros at least has a strategy behind his political spending. This maroon just seems to be lighting cigars with $100 bills |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-07-12 01:31 |
| #3 Or perhaps he is just flying blind and dumb. That's the way I see it. As a wise San Francisco policeman once said, a man's gotta know his limitations, and Steyer does not. Let him piss away his fortune. |
| Posted by: Raj 2019-07-12 01:22 |
| #2 I don't think Steyer will get into the July 30-31 debates as he is running out of time to meet the donor and polling thresholds. Perhaps he is thinking that when 10 or so drop out in August that he can then be in the Sept 12-13 debates. Or perhaps he is just flying blind and dumb. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2019-07-12 01:09 |
| #1 This is great - a big-spending late to the party presidential campaign by a hypocritical billionaire with piss poor political instincts in an already overcrowded field. He'll piss away about 20% of his fortune in the process, weakening what little appeal he has going forward. More of this, please, and pass the popcorn. |
| Posted by: Raj 2019-07-12 00:17 |