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Will Billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer Run for President?

<p>Tom Steyer&comma; the San Francisco Billionaire who has invested millions in a campaign to impeach President Donald Trump&comma; has said he isn&&num;8217&semi;t ruling out running for the presidency in 2020&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But according to what sources close to Steyer told <em>CNBC<&sol;em>&comma; the Democratic megadonor is making aggressive plans to run for president next election&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;There&&num;8217&semi;s no secret he&&num;8217&semi;s going to be running for president&comma; especially if Democrats take the House&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said a source to <em>CNBC<&sol;em> on the condition of anonymity&period; &&num;8220&semi;Anyone who says this movement of his is purely about saving the country from Trump and not about any future political ambitions is just out of touch&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Steyer has committed to donate &dollar;110 million to Democrats in the 2018 election cycle&period; Steyer has almost 1&comma;000 staffers working at his two political organizations NextGen America and Need to Impeach &lpar;NTI&period;&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;At the end of this election cycle&comma; Tom plans to look at the best way he can make an impact moving forward&comma; and all options are on the table&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Kevin Mack&comma; an NTI lead strategist&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another reason why it looks like he may be planning to run is Steyer has hired Allen Nesbitt of the opposition research firm Nesbitt Research for his NTI super PAC&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;They&&num;8217&semi;re constantly looking at how issues that Tom works on resonate with voters &mdash&semi; whether it be immigration&comma; climate change&comma; impeachment&comma; or health care&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Aleigha Cavalier&comma; a spokeswoman for Steyer&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Not to mention&comma; Steyer&comma; who is on a 30-city tour promoting his impeach Trump campaign&comma; also loves the limelight&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I think he&&num;8217&semi;s enjoying his notoriety and the celebrity piece to all of this&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said a friend of Steyer&&num;8217&semi;s&period; &&num;8220&semi;He loves going on TV&comma; going in front of all these groups and people applauding&period; Don&&num;8217&semi;t forget one final piece of the puzzle&colon; He&&num;8217&semi;s been right more than not&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s been right about Trump&comma; energy issues and health care&comma; and those are things to consider as well&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although the Democratic National Committee is more than willing to accept Steyer&&num;8217&semi;s massive investments&comma; he won&&num;8217&semi;t be welcomed as a presidential candidate&period; Most Democrats argue the impeach Trump campaign is polarizing and won&&num;8217&semi;t be a message the party supports&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;Steyer&rsquo&semi;s intense focus on growing his petition and pressuring Democrats to seek impeachment has put him on a collision course with the party&rsquo&semi;s establishment&period; Democratic leaders consider his campaign a distraction that could backfire&comma; boosting GOP turnout and jeopardizing their efforts to win control of Congress&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Arit John&comma; a <em>Bloomberg<&sol;em> Reporter&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Author&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon;<&sol;strong> Steyer is crazy&period; But if he runs&comma; it would be a great thing for Republicans&period; The DNC wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t back him and the last time&comma; the DNC tried to push out a candidate &lpar;Sanders&rpar; it did not go well&&num;8230&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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