Billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer wants Donald Trump impeached. Does he want the US presidency himself?
- Tom Steyer, who funds a high-profile impeachment campaign, took a big step towards a 2020 bid by laying out a policy platform and a tour of key states
San Francisco billionaire Tom Steyer took the biggest steps yet toward a potential 2020 presidential bid Tuesday, laying out a progressive policy platform and announcing a tour of five key primary states.
Steyer, a former hedge fund manager who left his company in 2012 to focus on political activism, and has been a high-profile campaigner for the impeachment of US President Donald Trump, joins at least three other Californians who are widely believed to be running.
In an announcement, Steyer said he planned to hold town hall meetings in five states, starting with a December 4 event in the early primary state of South Carolina, where he expects to discuss voting rights. That will be followed by an appearance in Fresno, California, in mid-December focused on clean air and water as well as stops in New Hampshire, Iowa and Nevada.
Full-page ads in newspapers across the country will also lay out the rest of his “5 Rights” platform, which includes education, a living wage and health care.
“These five rights should be at the core of the Democratic Party’s 2020 platform,” Steyer said in a statement, “but this is bigger than any political party.”