California billionaire activist Tom Steyer has just announced he’s joining the race for president on the Democratic side of the ticket:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Reversing course, billionaire investor and activist Tom Steyer launches 2020 Democratic presidential bid. #2020Election
— Kassandra Sepeda (@KassandraSepeda) July 9, 2019
California billionaire Tom Steyer is joining the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, after saying that he wouldn’t run pic.twitter.com/91EXuSJLhX
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) July 9, 2019
Here’s more from NBC News:
Billionaire activist Tom Steyer declared his candidacy for the presidency on Tuesday in a video, reversing an earlier announcement several months ago that he intended to sit out the 2020 Democratic primary race.
“The other Democratic candidates for president have many great ideas that will absolutely move our country forward, but we won’t be able to get any of those done until we end the hostile corporate takeover of our democracy,” Steyer said in a statement released alongside his announcement video. “As an outsider, I’ve led grassroots efforts that have taken on big corporations and won results for people. That’s not something you see a lot of from Washington these days. That’s why I’m running for president.”
Steyer announced earlier this year that he would focus solely on getting Trump impeached, as he’s a huge proponent of that. According to the AP he’s been frustrated by Nancy Pelosi’s refusal to take up the cause of impeachment as Speaker.
They also note that he didn’t mention impeachment in his announcement video, but I’m sure we’ll see him mention it a thousand times on the campaign trail.