Hedge fund billionaire and environmental activist Tom Steyer is taking a campaign tour through Ohio, more than a week after launching a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Steyer has poured millions into environmental causes and . In 2017, he launched a national campaign . , reversing course after saying in January that he wouldn鈥檛 seek the nomination.
Steyer said he鈥檚 running to break corporate power in politics, he told ideastream in a Friday interview. He advocates for Congressional term limits and for giving voters the power to enact legislation by national referendum.
鈥淚 think my constituency is the 80 percent of people who think, 鈥榊ou know what? This government is busted. What are you actually going to do? Stop talking about your policy proposals and tell me how any of this is going to happen,鈥欌�� he said.
Steyer start , an environmental advocacy organization, in 2013, and . Climate change, he said, is an emergency that requires immediate action. He spoke favorably of the Green New Deal, while saying that his campaign would also release his own climate plan.
鈥淚t鈥檚 not one bit crazy, it鈥檚 absolutely sensible,鈥� he said. 鈥淭o change this is going to be a dramatic rebuilding of America in a lot of ways. That鈥檚 great. They鈥檙e going to be positive ways. We鈥檙e going to have to build a country that is fueled a different way and a cheaper way and a more sustainable way.鈥�
Steyer didn鈥檛 qualify for the next series of Democratic debates July 30 and 31in Detroit. In addition to Cleveland, his Ohio trip includes stops in Lordstown, Mansfield and Columbus.
鈥淭his is a swing, important state, period,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 also a state that is beset by some of the basic economic issues of the United States in an accelerated and emphatic way.鈥�
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