Democratic megadonor Steyer mulls run for office amid 'complete crisis'

[Julian Englis]

Source: CNN

Tom Steyer, the billionaire environmentalist and Democratic mega-donor, says he is considering a run for political office -- and that he sees the United States in a "complete crisis, honestly," under President Donald Trump.

Steyer, who has pumped more than $160 million into Democratic politics through his NextGen America group in the last two election cycles, didn't rule out a run for California governor in 2018 or for the presidency in 2020.

He also acknowledged that his focus -- and that of his organization, which recently rebranded itself to broaden the set of issues it is tackling -- is on national politics.

"I would say it is hard for me not to think about that fight," Steyer said in an interview with CNN reporters at Netroots Nation, a progressive summit being held in Atlanta. He called Trump's presidency a "historic moment" and said America's political divide "is not shrinking, it's growing."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/12/politics/tom-steyer-california-governor-president-trump/index.html

[bucolic_frolic]

1. :-)

[TheDebbieDee]

2. We need more environmentalist in Congress, more people who don't believe that

climate change and other science is a hoax. As a billionaire, I would hope that his vote could never be bought by the greedy fossil-fuel conservatives...

[Gravitycollapse]

3. We don't need anymore billionaires in our government. Period.

He can use his political influence to get people elected but we need leaders who come from an economic class outside of the top 1%.

[leon8822]

4. Well at least he's on our side which is rear for a billionaire

Unfortunately that jenny is out of the bottle now and can't be put back in because of the Trump election and most of all Citizens United.There are going to be more Multi Millionaires and Billionaires running for political office.Even Mark Zuckerburg is toying with political office.