Mehdi Asks Billionaire Candidate Tom Steyer About Money, Trump, and Prosecuting ICE
5/5/202631 min
In this week's segment from Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by billionaire and California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer to discuss his plans to prosecute ICE agents, his former hedge fund's investments in the fossil fuel industry, and how he would respond to critics who argue he's trying to buy this election.
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Speaker 20:29
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Speaker 30:52
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Speaker 4· Soundbite0:56
Mountain Dew.
Mehdi Hasan· Host0:58
Your campaign has spent more than $130 million. How do you respond to people, including in your own party, saying you are trying to buy this election?
Tom Steyer· Guest1:06
I'm one of the people who think that billionaires like me should pay more.
Mehdi Hasan· Host1:10
How can you justify spending that much money? That's the kind of money that could end poverty, end hunger, end homelessness.
Tom Steyer· Guest1:15
I'm the only billionaire on the ballot, but I am very far from the only billionaire in this race. I do think we should be working to abolish ICE. We will prosecute people in California, including ICE agents, who racially profile people.
Mehdi Hasan· Host1:28
What did you think when