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[snip]California activist Jim Steyer is following his billionaire little brother into national politics — he’s launching a political advocacy group, and a super PAC may follow.

Steyer, 57, a children’s advocate with close ties to Hillary Clinton, hasn’t quite figured out how to stage his debut as a major player. But he promises it will be memorable.

“You don’t bring a squirt gun to a fight where the other guys have AK-47s,” he said in a telephone interview. “I will tell you this: We’re fearless.”

Younger brother Tom Steyer, 56, splashed onto the national radar last fall with huge investments in the Virginia governor’s race that helped boost Democrat Terry McAuliffe to a slim victory. He recently pledged to spend at least $100 million on the fall campaign to knock out candidates who don’t share his views on the urgency of combating global warming.

[snip] [Jim Steyer] California activist Jim Steyer is following his billionaire little brother into national politics — he’s launching a political advocacy group, and a super PAC may follow.

Steyer, 57, a children’s advocate with close ties to Hillary Clinton, hasn’t quite figured out how to stage his debut as a major player. But he promises it will be memorable.

“You don’t bring a squirt gun to a fight where the other guys have AK-47s,” he said in a telephone interview. “I will tell you this: We’re fearless.”

Younger brother Tom Steyer, 56, splashed onto the national radar last fall with huge investments in the Virginia governor’s race that helped boost Democrat Terry McAuliffe to a slim victory. He recently pledged to spend at least $100 million on the fall campaign to knock out candidates who don’t share his views on the urgency of combating global warming.

1 posted on 01/14/2020 11:02:36 AM PST by ptsal
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It is an old article but does help put points of reference around the Steyer brothers and the educational outreach at Stanford.


2 posted on 01/14/2020 11:03:59 AM PST by ptsal
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I’m not afraid either and don’t have Billions to protect me.


3 posted on 01/14/2020 11:04:09 AM PST by Zathras
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If they’re fearless...they have no security guards, right?


5 posted on 01/14/2020 11:17:14 AM PST by goodnesswins (Want to know your family genealogy? Run for political office...")
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“a children’s advocate”

Pedophile?


6 posted on 01/14/2020 11:19:44 AM PST by BeauBo
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Watch out for CHILDREN’S ADVOCATES!!! Especially men.


7 posted on 01/14/2020 11:26:50 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Are these two following campaign finance laws?


8 posted on 01/14/2020 11:30:29 AM PST by Sam Gamgee
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Younger brother Tom Steyer, 56, splashed onto the national radar last fall with huge investments in the Virginia governor’s race that helped boost Democrat Terry McAuliffe to a slim victory.

How can one ever adequately thank him?

12 posted on 01/14/2020 11:51:36 AM PST by Robwin ( very)
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“You don’t bring a squirt gun to a fight where the other guys have AK-47s,”


Aren’t AK-47s the weapons of choice of...communists?


13 posted on 01/14/2020 12:03:13 PM PST by hanamizu
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I wouldn’t hedge any bets on this latest addition making a tiny bit of a difference.

JFK was fearless, You and your brother are putzes. (No offense to the rest of the putzes.)


14 posted on 01/14/2020 2:38:26 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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I wouldn’t hedge any bets on this latest addition making a tiny bit of a difference.

JFK was fearless, You and your brother are putzes. (No offense to the rest of the putzes.)


15 posted on 01/14/2020 2:38:26 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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