Tom Steyer tries to convert intrigue into votes ahead of SC's 2020 Democratic primary

[TexasTowelie]

ROCK HILL — Like many Democratic voters in South Carolina, Tabitha Strother has seen the many campaign ads for businessman Tom Steyer that have inundated televisions across the Palmetto State in recent months and they have caught her attention.

But as she considers whom to vote for in the “First in the South” primary, an unconvinced Strother wanted Steyer to tell her why she should ditch her first choice of former Vice President Joe Biden.

Steyer responded during a lunchtime stop Monday in Chester that he didn’t want to say anything disrespectful about Biden. But, the billionaire former hedge fund manager added, if Democrats want to defeat President Donald Trump, it may require a nominee from outside of the Washington political establishment.

“Trump has had great success against conventional politicians,” Steyer said, pointing to Trump’s 2016 victories over Democrat Hillary Clinton and several well-known Republican primary challengers. “So, aren’t we going to have to come up with something unconventional to beat him?”

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