Billionaire Tom Steyer threatens to unload on Dems if they don't impeach Trump
Billionaire Tom Steyer is cranking up pressure on key House Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump where he thinks they'll feel it most — back in their home districts.
Steyer’s first three targets are three powerful committee chairman, Richard Neal (D-Mass.), Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.). But the liberal megadonor isn’t stopping there: He will soon turn his attention to rank-and-file members seated on the committees that would be involved in impeachment proceedings, including freshmen.
And Steyer’s Need to Impeach PAC is considering going after the top three Democratic leaders, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.).
The previously unreported plans to single out additional members on the Ways and Means, Judiciary and Oversight Committees, detailed by Steyer and his advisers, represent the latest turn in Steyer’s multi-million-dollar campaign to impeach Trump. And the thinly veiled threat against Democratic upper brass puts the former hedge fund manager turned activist squarely at odds with leaders of the party.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | February 8, 2019 12:33 AM
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Steyer needs to calm down - Trump's term is halfway over and he won't be elected (stuff like this only makes Tump get sympathy) and confuses everyone.
I love how these guys can cause more damage, like Schultz who is going to run as an Independent (maybe) and split the vote. That's how Gore lost.
Steyer, if you are that upset then you need to run but you backed out....CALM DOWN.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | February 7, 2019 10:08 PM
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Who are these fucking billionaires to decide for everyone else how things will go--the Starbucks douche and now this guy? It's the arrogance and entitlement I object to.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | February 7, 2019 10:08 PM
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Nothing demonstrates true leadership like ultimatums. Well, ultimatums and pounding a shoe on the podium. Definitely a shoe - that's essential.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 7, 2019 10:13 PM
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Well, he fucked up the Florida governor's race.
Why not this, too?
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 7, 2019 10:17 PM
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Who gives a shit what billionaires think? The amount of money they have, means they have no concept of real life. He needs to campaign for; campaign finance laws, to limit spending by super-PACs, term limits in the senate, an end to gerrymandering and voter suppression.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 7, 2019 10:25 PM
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Dems weren't interested in his presidential candidacy. Now he'll show 'em!
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 7, 2019 10:32 PM
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One irritating thing about this guy is that he made loads of money in fossil fuels but now jets around to Davos etc to bang on at everyone else about Climate Change.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 7, 2019 11:36 PM
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These billionaires are so arrogant. They look like pompous fools. But their egos are so big they haven't got a clue how badly they come across.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 7, 2019 11:57 PM
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He seems to have a messianic complex, driven by a belief that because he's in the 1%, he has been called. He's been unhinged for awhile, but there is high probability that he will become a physical danger to himself or others.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 8, 2019 12:01 AM
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The American political system is so strange......
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | February 8, 2019 12:15 AM
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R14, you don't know the half of it.
You should see what we deal with at the state level.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | February 8, 2019 12:22 AM
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Elect billionaires only and listen to them at Davos.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | February 8, 2019 12:25 AM
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[quote]Trump's term is halfway over and he won't be elected
So forget about collusion, about foreign interference in elections. Who needs a Constitution, while we're at it? Unless it's for those pesky politicians who lie about getting blow jobs.
That'll show the Repubs!!
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | February 8, 2019 12:33 AM
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Why not spend that $ and passion on making sure one of the field of candidates for 2020 has what they need?
Hell we've got an army of trolls and cyber warfare already going after the democratic field, and that's a year away.
Why fuck with an impeachment?
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | February 8, 2019 12:33 AM
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