Trump Attacks Liberal Donor, Package Bomb Target Tom Steyer After Criticism

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 29: Hedge fund billionaire and Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer speaks during a town hall event at a hotel in Times Square,  January 29, 2018 in New York City. Steyer is the founder of the ‘Need To Impeach’ initiative and is the largest individual donor in Democratic politics. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 29: Hedge fund billionaire and Democratic fund-raiser Tom Steyer speaks during a town hall event at the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton hotel in Times Square January 29, 2018 in New York City. Stey... NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 29: Hedge fund billionaire and Democratic fund-raiser Tom Steyer speaks during a town hall event at the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton hotel in Times Square January 29, 2018 in New York City. Steyer is the founder of the Need To Impeach initiative and is the largest individual donor in Democratic politics. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump on Sunday attacked the liberal billionaire and political donor Tom Steyer on Twitter following an appearance by Steyer on CNN’s “State of the Union.” On CNN, Steyer had condemned the “atmosphere that [Trump] has created, and that the Republican Party has created, in terms of political violence.”

Steyer was reportedly one of several intended targets of the alleged package bomber Cesar Sayoc, whose devotion to Trump — and hatred of the President’s opponents — was made clear on social media and his meme-covered van. None of Sayoc’s targets were hurt by the bombs, which did not detonate and were either intercepted in transit or recovered by bomb squads.

In the same interview, Steyer denounced a since-deleted tweet by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as a seemingly “straight-up anti-Semitic move.”

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  1. If anyone had 10/28/2018 as the “Day of the Pivot” … you lost.

    In fact, if anyone bet any money or had any hope on any day in the continuum of time as the “Day of the Pivot” … well, you all lost, too.

  2. who should be running out of money pretty soon

    What an interesting choice of words.

  3. He comes off as a crazed & stumbling lunatic

    I know someone who not only “comes off as a crazed & stumbling lunatic,” but actually is one. Hint: It’s not Tom Steyer, tubby.

  4. You know what they say, if you don’t have anything nice to say . . . you’re Donald Trump.

  5. “I call on all my followers to attack those I attack. Hate speech doesn’t exist for me.”

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