Another rich Democrat wants to wreck California harder
Tom Steyer is the embodiment of Trump-derangement pie in the sky.
Silvio Canto, Jr. | April 19, 2026
As Democrats write the 2026 campaign talking points, they may want to read this post from John B. Judis. He is primarily talking about Tom Steyer, the latest Democrat who wants to run in the leftist lane.
Steyer is running for governor of California, but he sounds more like a guy who is running against President Trump’s policies. Let’s check out this post:
As the Democrats attempt to supplant and replace Donald Trump and the Republicans in the 2026 and 2028 elections, lesson number one should be: Don’t counter Trump’s maximalist policies with maximalism of your own on the issues that got the party into trouble in the 2016 and 2024 elections — especially immigration. Unfortunately, California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer, the frontrunner after Eric Swalwell’s ignominious withdrawal from the race, has not learned this lesson.
Steyer recently issued a position paper on ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and illegal immigration that amounts to a perfect inversion of Trump’s immigration policies. In response to Trump’s deployment of masked agents to progressive jurisdictions to enforce the nation’s immigration laws, Steyer has promised, in effect, to end enforcement of those laws altogether.
Echoing the longtime progressive slogan, Steyer calls for ICE to be “abolished.” California, he says, should “build a system that fights fire with fire” by taking on ICE “the same way we took on the mob.” As governor, the hedge fund billionaire promises he will defy the Supreme Court by passing legislation that outlaws any kind of profiling by race, occupation, language, location, or ethnicity. He will also, he claims, “criminally prosecute and imprison not just the ICE agents who are committing [crimes], but the leadership directing them to do so.” Finally, he “will bring those detained and kidnapped by ICE back home” and create “a much larger and stronger immigration legal defense infrastructure in our state — funding for more attorneys, investigators, accredited representatives.”
Wow. When will he call for California to break from the Union? How does a potential Governor Steyer plan to do all of this and get around federal law? The answer is separation from what we’ve called the U.S. all of these years. How else does he plan to do it? Does he understand that federal law is the primary law on matters of immigration? My guess is that he does, but he is preaching to the choir.
This message, obviously rooted in Trump Derangement Syndrome, may work in California, especially if he goes one-on-one against Mr. Hilton, the apparent GOP candidate in the race. It may work there, but will it play in Peoria, as they used to say?
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