On the Trail: Steyer headed to N.H. as newly minted 2020 candidate

Newly declared Democratic White House candidate Tom Steyer wasted no time taking aim at some of his top rivals for the party’s presidential nomination.

“The top three candidates have been in Congress and the Senate for a combined 70 years,” the billionaire progressive environmental advocate and philanthropist said Thursday in an interview with the Monitor and NHTalkRadio.com.

Steyer’s entry into the race on Tuesday – and his pledge to spend $100 million of his own money on his campaign – isn’t sitting well with some of those rivals, who’ve highlighted their push to rid big bucks from American politics.

“I like Tom, he is a good guy, he’s a friend of mine, but I’m not a great fan of billionaires getting involved in the political process,” Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said in an interview on MSNBC hours after Steyer launched his campaign.

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