Democrats lose another big moneybag donor as Tom Steyer exits in a huff

American Thinker ^ | 01/26/2018 | Monica Showalter

[SeekAndFind]

Tom Steyer has had it up to here. Not with us Republicans, it seems, but with his own Democrats, and he now plans to cut off their nose to spite their faces. The leftwing billionaire hedge fund speculator has announced he won't be bankrolling the Democratic National Committee as he has in the past, based on his dissatisfaction with congressional Democrats' refusal to continue the government shutdown and go down with it. He wanted them to just keep it shut, never mind that the public wasn't with him. Get a load of his reasoning as reported by the Washington Examiner:

Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer will halt donations to the national Democratic Party committees after members of the caucus voted to re-open the federal government despite failing to secure an immigration deal for Dreamers.

“I don’t have a litmus test on any one thing, but I do have a litmus test for elected officials standing on principle and doing the right thing, looked at holistically," Steyer told Fortune in an article published online Thursday. "And I want to say that after the DACA vote, I have decided not to give anything to the national party committees."

Standing on principle? On principle? This from the guy who calls for higher taxes yet has tax liens owed to the federal government? He doesn't even pay the taxes he owes and yet wants more of them. Only little people pay taxes, see.

It's all part of his general oafishness around public opinion. A rich guy, of course he doesn't care what the public wants, even if they vote.

[Ancesthntr]

Good, a fanatic who figured out that his “friends” (who were his friends because he bought their friendship) aren’t 100% with him...so he’s taking his ball home. Great news - because he is emblematic of the lunatics that inhabit the other side.

[ManHunter]

Note to Democrats - AND Republicans - beware your paymasters...

[elcid1970]

Like Soros, lefty billionaires are not only hypocrites but present a danger to society.

[goldstategop]

His impeachment drive around the holidays was a flop...no one was buying.

And now he’s telling Democrats to go screw themselves.

The much vaunted anti-Trump “Resistance” is a dollar short and a day late.

[Howie66]

Oh well......

[Brilliant]

They weren’t extreme enough for him.

[trebb]

Sweet! Demonstrating that Schumer is being slammed between the users who want free stuff and the money people - and Trump is twisting the screw....

[Tonytitan]

Good, good! Lock that wallet/checkbook up, Tom! Lock 'em up tight! Keep all that hard earned money to yourself.

He'll be back. Along with his money.

[zerosix]

With the “new tax” bill given to him by the GOP, thanks to Trump, he can no longer find a way to deduct a huge chunk of his $$$$$ to the DNC!

Sad - not!

[GOPJ]

Standing on principle? On principle? This from the guy who calls for higher taxes yet has tax liens owed to the federal government? He doesn't even pay the taxes he owes and yet wants more of them. Only little people pay taxes, see.

Is everyone on the left a thug, a criminal, or both? Yikes. This nut is such a control freak jerk. Stinky stinky.

[nobamanomore]

Yes it is, and the DNC is financially bankrupt, they have no money and no fundraising. I honestly have no idea how they will have the $$ to make a campaign in the midterms, unless daddy George coughs up a wad.

[ptsal]

Good news .... fracture the spending.

Let the loony liberals spread their bets.

[Sasparilla]

...Democrats lose another big moneybag donor as Tom Steyer exits in a huff...

What’s a huff? A liberal hot-air powered car?

[Boomer]

Tom Steyer stands on Principal.

Is Principal his female assistant?

[Paladin2]

"a sum of money lent or invested on which interest is paid." We'd have to see an photo org chart of his "staff" to do any deeper analysis...

[CharlesWayneCT]

Somebody should investigate if Tom had made recent investments that would have gained with the shutdown. He could be mad he didn’t get the returns he paid for with his money.

[yoe]

"Kat Taylor sums up the focus of her philanthropic efforts in six words: Good food. Good money. Good energy. That’s why over the last decade, she and her husband, Tom Steyer, have built a sustainable ranch, opened a bank that is mandated to contribute to social justice and the environment, and established an organization “to inspire U.S. politicians to achieve climate stability while restoring prosperity.”

....opened a bank that is mandated to contribute to social justice...

Social Justice: Code for Communism

[BelleAl]

Interesting... isn’t he Mr. Walnut Sauce?

[Ann Archy]

Ugly man inside and out.

[XEHRpa]

> isn’t he Mr. Walnut Sauce?

I do seem to recall.

I guess he figured that furloughed federal lawyers could not investigate his deceits.