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— Tom Steyer (@TomSteyer) May 25, 2026
“Watch me,” he says. Okay. We’ll do just that: There is a certain kind of politician who has learned that saying something loudly and confidently is a perfectly adequate substitute for saying something true. California’s gubernatorial race has produced a bumper crop of them. Tom Steyer, the billionaire-liberal-donor-turned candidate, has called for abolishing ICE and jailing its agents, describing the federal law enforcement agency as a “violent extremist group.” Former LA mayor Antonio Villaraigosa compared ICE officers to the Ku Klux Klan, and state Schools
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