Tom Steyer, who poured $120 million into midterms, tells newly empowered Democrats to impeach Trump

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Tom Steyer, who poured $120 million into midterms, tells newly empowered Democrats to impeach Trump

By Fredreka Schouten

Updated 11:34 AM ET, Wed November 7, 2018

Washington (CNN)Democratic billionaire Tom Steyer on Wednesday urged the newly empowered House Democrats to pursue impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.

"If you look at last night and you look at the popular vote, there was a referendum on the President, and he got crushed," Steyer told CNN in a telephone interview.
He said House Democrats must "stand up for the rule of law" and confront a "lawless" President who is a "threat to the American Constitution and the American people."

But a push to impeach Trump could put some of the new Democratic lawmakers in a tough place politically if they are focusing on impeachment rather than economic issues and health care that they campaigned on.

Steyer, who is weighing a 2020 presidential bid, made impeachment and driving youth turnout in House races, the centerpiece of his $120 million campaign to shape the midterm elections.

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"If you look at last night and you look at the popular vote, there was a referendum on the President, and he got crushed," Steyer told CNN in a telephone interview.
He said House Democrats must "stand up for the rule of law" and confront a "lawless" President who is a "threat to the American Constitution and the American people."

As I recall, forty-five incumbents declined to seek re-election.  And there are serious suggestions of massive cheating by the Dems.  Apart from these factors, the GOP would likely have won better than 60/40 against the Dems.  So, Trump is way more popular than the Dems want to admit publicly.

(For that matter, a lot of the Republicans who lost had tried to distance themselves from Trump.  Tom Steyer is hopeless as a candidate.)

[dfwgator]

Go Ahead, Make My Day!

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

Did it feel good Tom?

Was it worth $120M to shoot your mouth off?

Because that's all you're going to get out of it.

[Frank Cannon]

Not even Pelosi is talking Impeachment now. It's a poison issue. BTW all the socialist cracked pots Steyer funded lost. Better luck next time Tom.

[libertybele]

On what grounds are they going to impeach him on?  Secondly, the DEMS won the House due in part to some GOP retiring and they lost some dead weight; which IMHO is a good thing really.

[skeeter]

As I recall, forty-five incumbents declined to seek re-election.  And there are serious suggestions of massive cheating by the Dems.  Apart from these factors, the GOP would likely have won better than 60/40 against the Dems.  So, Trump is way more popular than the Dems want to admit publicly.

(For that matter, a lot of the Republicans who lost had tried to distance themselves from Trump.  Tom Steyer is hopeless as a candidate.)

Without the mass exodus of moderate R congresspeople there would be no rat congress today.

[Emjay]

Go Ahead, Make My Day!

Hah!  I kinda hope the House wastes all their time in a futile attempt to figure out something they can impeach Trump on.

[kevindavis007]

Bring it on..