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33. Steyer does put his money where his mouth is

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 02:25 PM

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He paid for an extensive ad campaign to pass Prop 50 here in CA. I will say that anti Steyer ads (funded by Swalwell) have been and are still running here. One of the slams is that he invested in private prisons.

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Progressive Tom Steyer takes the lead in the California governor race. [View all] aeromanKC Saturday OP

one wonders who will be the next one to have the attention of influencers nt msongs Saturday #1

Hopefully each and every one that has a problem like Swalwell EdmondDantes_ 13 hrs ago #25

You mean oligarch Steyer. Jacson6 Saturday #2

Nice to have a billionaire on the side with Progressives for a change. aeromanKC Saturday #3

Feel the same about Pritzker? True Dough Saturday #4

The only billionaire oligarchs I make exceptions for pinkstarburst 15 hrs ago #19

not sure the fascist sheriff would be better nt msongs Saturday #5

J D Pritzker is a billionaire and he rocks. DemocratSinceBirth Saturday #7

Normally I'm not crazy about billionaires leapfrogging TexasBushwhacker 14 hrs ago #22

Me too (Porter) and also like Xavier Becerra LSparkle 12 hrs ago #30

He's an anomaly. choie 12 hrs ago #32

You apparently don't know what the word "oligarch" means. FascismIsDeath 15 hrs ago #16

Do you always need to belittle the person you are responding to? Scrivener7 7 hrs ago #39

I don't "need" to do anything. I don't even "need" to respond. FascismIsDeath 7 hrs ago #40

I guess you do. Scrivener7 7 hrs ago #41

He's not a progressive Bobstandard Saturday #6

'Progressive' has a lot of definitions. RandomNumbers 15 hrs ago #14

I think Swalwell was an outspoken anti Trump representative, karynnj 15 hrs ago #17

I thought the "progressives" had a war on billionaires. Nixie Yesterday #8

Some say, "He's one of the good ones." Intractable Yesterday #9

Yes, he says the magic words "Medicare for all" but the Nixie Yesterday #10

Can you explain / give evidence for these statements? RandomNumbers 15 hrs ago #15

How is he living and using his wealth? pinkstarburst 14 hrs ago #21

"Or has he been using the cushy tax shelters billionaires get in order to get rich on the backs of working people?" MichMan 11 hrs ago #35

If any billionaire has been profiting off the pinkstarburst 11 hrs ago #36

There was a candidate named Hillary Clinton . Do you remember how she was demonized Nixie 13 hrs ago #24

We do... OhioBack2Blue 12 hrs ago #27

The pragmatist part of the corruption insinuations has never been pragmatist. Nixie 11 hrs ago #37

I'm a cynic Mz Pip Yesterday #11

Weird, this poll shows Steyer and Katie Porter tied. What are you quoting? lostnfound 16 hrs ago #12

Tom Steyer and former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, a Democrat, each drawing 14% support. Emile 16 hrs ago #13

That poll looks largely useless as far as gauging the whole state as it is a poll of just Orange County. Wiz Imp 6 hrs ago #42

Remember that polls are not votes the_liberal_grandpa 15 hrs ago #18

Katie Porter is fantastic. We need her back in the arena. Steyer has been so sketchy over the last 20 years. OhioBack2Blue 12 hrs ago #29

Oh yeah, that's all that we need, another oligarch travelingthrulife 15 hrs ago #20

Yeah, another billionaire! beaglelover 14 hrs ago #23

I don't know anything about him but people on Reddit are calling him a fake democrat helpisontheway 13 hrs ago #26

With 3 top Dems eating into each others support, it easily can get both R's on the General ticket and lock out the Dems. aeromanKC 12 hrs ago #28

Steyer is not only a. Billionaire fujiyamasan 12 hrs ago #31

Steyer does put his money where his mouth is senseandsensibility 11 hrs ago #33

I'm pretty cynical at this point Mz Pip 11 hrs ago #34

Tom Steyer has a very interesting trajectory and while I am always cautious of billionaires in politics Nanjeanne 10 hrs ago #38

A link would be helpful here. Wiz Imp 6 hrs ago #43

Apparently, Democrats don't mind billionaires Renew Deal 6 hrs ago #44