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| − | '''Thomas | + | '''Thomas "Tom" Steyer''' (born June 27, 1957) is a [[liberal]] billionaire and [[demagogue]] that made his money in [[hedge fund]]s as founder of Farallon Capital Management. He resides in [[San Francisco]] and has focused his resources on promoting the anti-[[Global Warming]] movement.<ref>[https://freebeacon.com/issues/emails-show-steyer-epa-coordination-to-undermine-agency-critics/ Emails Show Steyer-EPA Coordination to Undermine Agency Critics, Free Beacon, January 27, 2016]</ref> Steyer spent $50 million trying to elect [[Democrat]]s in 2014. He supported [[Hillary Clinton]] for President. |
Steyer spent $140,000 a day on [[Facebook]] advertising for $1 donations to trying to meet the 130,000 donor threshold to be included in Democratic debates. Speaking at the 2019 DNC Summer Meeting, Steyer said, "We can’t be chasing corporate money. … We should only be chasing people’s votes. As president, I would insist that the DNC not take one single penny from any corporation.”<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/08/30/tom_steyers_12_million_failure_to_launch__141136.html</ref> | Steyer spent $140,000 a day on [[Facebook]] advertising for $1 donations to trying to meet the 130,000 donor threshold to be included in Democratic debates. Speaking at the 2019 DNC Summer Meeting, Steyer said, "We can’t be chasing corporate money. … We should only be chasing people’s votes. As president, I would insist that the DNC not take one single penny from any corporation.”<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/08/30/tom_steyers_12_million_failure_to_launch__141136.html</ref> | ||
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== Hate campaign against Donald Trump == | == Hate campaign against Donald Trump == | ||
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Thomas "Tom" Steyer (born June 27, 1957) is a liberal billionaire and demagogue that made his money in hedge funds as founder of Farallon Capital Management. He resides in San Francisco and has focused his resources on promoting the anti-Global Warming movement.[1] Steyer spent $50 million trying to elect Democrats in 2014. He supported Hillary Clinton for President.
Steyer spent $140,000 a day on Facebook advertising for $1 donations to trying to meet the 130,000 donor threshold to be included in Democratic debates. Speaking at the 2019 DNC Summer Meeting, Steyer said, "We can’t be chasing corporate money. … We should only be chasing people’s votes. As president, I would insist that the DNC not take one single penny from any corporation.”[2]
Steyer's hedge fund has a history of putting money in overseas tax havens to avoid paying taxes.
Hate campaign against Donald Trump
In 2017, Steyer pulled $20 million to release a campaign against U.S. President Donald Trump to impeach him, his website NeedtoImpeach.com mentioned that the 3 million liberals had affiliated with the campaign.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Emails Show Steyer-EPA Coordination to Undermine Agency Critics, Free Beacon, January 27, 2016
- ↑ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/08/30/tom_steyers_12_million_failure_to_launch__141136.html
- ↑ https://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/26/politics/tom-steyer-defends-impeachment-ads/index.html
- ↑ https://www.needtoimpeach.com/