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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat was the context of this out-of-context snippet by Tom Steyer?
I must have been in the bathroom or something when he said this, because it would have gotten my attention.
ON UPDATE: Thanks for everyone's responses. Republicans are using this snippet to attack Steyer. He was quoting what Trump had said, not saying it himself.
Link to tweet
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)PHILLIP: Mr. Steyer, you've spent more than $100 million of your own dollars on television ads. How do you convince voters that you're more than just your money?
STEYER: Look, we know how Donald Trump is going to run for president. He's going to run on the economy. He's already told Americans last month in Florida, "You don't like me and I don't like you, but you're all going to vote for me because the Democrats are going to destroy the economy in 15 minutes if they get in control."
So let's be clear. I started a business by myself in one room. I didn't inherit a penny from my parents. I spent 30 years building that business into a multi-billion-dollar international business. Then I walked away from it and took the giving pledge and started organizing coalitions of ordinary Americans to take on unchecked corporate power.
But whoever is going to beat Mr. Trump is going to have to beat him on the economy. And I have the experience and the expertise to show that he's a fake there and a fraud.
dem4decades
(11,296 posts)hlthe2b
(102,292 posts)phleshdef
(11,936 posts)JonLP24
(29,322 posts)I can't copy the Tweet but he is quoting Trump saying vote for me because then that clip clips that part.
Voltaire2
(13,061 posts)It literally took 15s to follow the twitter link and understand what a steaming pile of crap this is. Maybe you could have done this first?
He was talking about how trump was going to run his campaign, what *TRUMP* will be saying.
Skinner
(63,645 posts)STEYER: Look, we know how Donald Trump is going to run for president. He's going to run on the economy. He's already told Americans last month in Florida, "You don't like me and I don't like you, but you're all going to vote for me because the Democrats are going to destroy the economy in 15 minutes if they get in control."
Debate transcript:
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2020/01/14/democratic-debate-transcript-what-the-candidates-said-quotes/4460789002/
wryter2000
(46,051 posts)I'm no fan, but he was good on this one.