Steyer is no dummy: While a Washington Post poll last fall found that 75 percent of Democratic voters and 60 percent of independents thought spending by billionaires on political campaigns is either bad or very bad, those voters also overwhelmingly oppose ICE, and Steyer has worked hard to position himself as the anti-ICE candidate.
SlowRunner2026 on
I’m down with that.
FeldsparSalamander on
They violated court orders, so they should face consequences
Sachyriel on
The Bulwark is a never trump Tory magazine, so when they say “forget abolish ice” you must remember these are people who would vote for Jeb Bush.
Prior_Coyote_4376 on
There’s not a chance he actually follows through.
He’s doing the Blue Trump populist routine where he claims he’s going to be a wrecking ball against an establishment people are tired of with these slogans. This is his “lock them up” line. He tried to copy Trump in tariffs by threatening to tax software USAGE. Yes, a software consumption tax.
The retired hedge fund manager and megadonor who made billions off of private prisons that contracted with ICE and Israel, who invested in coal mine projects emitting carbon increasingly through 2030, whose community bank trapped low-income families with 25%+ interest rates on predatory loans, who pressured Yale to get his hedge fund rolling even after students objected, who said “I honestly don’t know what genocide means”, who has now spent over $500m of his own money bankrolling his ad campaigns over the last decade (and STILL TAKES DONATIONS)…
is not the change agent. He is as swampy as the other oligarchs demanding we give them executive power. He has even given to other candidates in his own race who then drop out and endorse him after wasting everyone’s time holding down a few percent.
Steyer is very dangerously close to being a Fetterman as governor of California.
Also, he’s going to cross the age of 70 in office. He’s already having stumbles, confused moments, and a really tired demeanor at the last debate.
MinimumApricot365 on
That would be a start.
Toadfinger on
They followed illegal orders! Case closed! Lock them up!
nosayso on
They murdered people. This isn’t radical, it’s the bare minimum – when you murder someone on camera with multiple witnesses you get fucking arrested and tried. The people who murdered Renee Good and Alex Pretti should have been arrested by the state police immediately.
I would love to have a single person in power to actually give a shit about this beyond rhetoric.
Cardoni on
Until laws are enforced on the ruling class, laws mean nothing but a threat of violence towards the have nots.
ShredGuru on
Hell yeah. More of that energy
opusupo on
Why not both?
MrTestiggles on
…and?
everything_is_bad on
Good start
SandSpecialist2523 on
They are lawless criminals, so it makes sense.
No_Construction2407 on
Deport them
GreatMinds1234 on
Good.
El_Bool on
Please I can only get so erect
BoredCrusader1899 on
I want another option instead. It’s a little messy and will probably get me on a watchlist if I say it but it’s something that I believe every ICE agent rightfully deserves.
Mec26 on
Correct. Many of them committed documented crimes.
ANBU_Black_0ps on
He isn’t the only one.
One-Anteater-4771 on
I’m basically a single issue voter at this point and that issue is prosecuting ICE and the Trump administration. Everything else can come after that.
Late-Dingo-8567 on
I for one think we should be tough on crime
Strange-Effort1305 on
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time!
PatriotNews_dot_com on
Yes please
Dreamer_Dram on
Good. They deserve it.
pleachchapel on
This dude’s platform lines up with my policy goals completely, but something is off about it coming from a billionaire. I feel like we’re being bamboozled, & it’ll seem really obvious later if he turns heel.
FlowofOd on
Yes
bobcat116 on
*if they break the law
LA_search77 on
That’s the messaging I want to hear.
thekrawdiddy on
Now we’re talking.
Tomimi on
Billionaire
Invested in private prisons – this guy is a the Fetterman of California.
Xavier Becerra is a better candidate.
its-a-baka on
I don’t see why we’re splitting hairs over one or the other. Doing both is entirely plausible and frankly appropriate.
Dr_Tacopus on
Any who committed a crime should be jailed. A blanket judgement is not any better than what they’re doing
PolloConTeriyaki on
Fucking right!
Unlikely-Estate3862 on
Put them in uniforms and send them on the front lines for Ukraine.
ht1237 on
Can we now chant “ICE on Ice”?
TelephoneNo7436 on
Get billionaires out of politics
Caymonki on
Be neat if the agents that murdered US citizens on US soil during immigration crackdowns faced accountability for murdering citizens.
That would be a good start. And then arrest those who helped hide them from accountability.
Morgannin09 on
Abolish ICE to stop the crimes, and prosecute the crimes that have been committed already. We can do both.
loonyfly on
Absolutely
DrBoots on
We’ve got a bunch of warehouses they’ve been itching to fill.
Just sayin’
sloowshooter on
I call BS on that. Steyer is just leveraging the public’s despise for ICE to gain votes. As Guv he has zero impact on federal impropriety/law breaking nationwide.
He might as well promise public beheadings.
What is the real deal here is that he is trying make a show of cleaning house to KEEP ICE GOING as he profits from that system. Those prisons aren’t to fill themselves. I can only predict that no matter how far he tries to distance himself from his past investments, in the future there is nothing from stopping him from investing in exactly the same type of facilities again.
ReddBroccoli on
That is the appropriate thing to do with criminals
nigpaw_rudy on
Do we actually believe Ton Steyer (the billionaire) is actually going to follow through on this? This feels like Bloomberg 2.0 all over again…
ej62564 on
Such pandering 🐂💩, he ain’t jailing anybody
Syncopia on
All of them belong in prison. Zero exceptions. We’re not going to fix this country until we put the trash where it belongs.
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Steyer is no dummy: While a Washington Post poll last fall found that 75 percent of Democratic voters and 60 percent of independents thought spending by billionaires on political campaigns is either bad or very bad, those voters also overwhelmingly oppose ICE, and Steyer has worked hard to position himself as the anti-ICE candidate.
I’m down with that.
They violated court orders, so they should face consequences
The Bulwark is a never trump Tory magazine, so when they say “forget abolish ice” you must remember these are people who would vote for Jeb Bush.
There’s not a chance he actually follows through.
He’s doing the Blue Trump populist routine where he claims he’s going to be a wrecking ball against an establishment people are tired of with these slogans. This is his “lock them up” line. He tried to copy Trump in tariffs by threatening to tax software USAGE. Yes, a software consumption tax.
The retired hedge fund manager and megadonor who made billions off of private prisons that contracted with ICE and Israel, who invested in coal mine projects emitting carbon increasingly through 2030, whose community bank trapped low-income families with 25%+ interest rates on predatory loans, who pressured Yale to get his hedge fund rolling even after students objected, who said “I honestly don’t know what genocide means”, who has now spent over $500m of his own money bankrolling his ad campaigns over the last decade (and STILL TAKES DONATIONS)…
is not the change agent. He is as swampy as the other oligarchs demanding we give them executive power. He has even given to other candidates in his own race who then drop out and endorse him after wasting everyone’s time holding down a few percent.
Steyer is very dangerously close to being a Fetterman as governor of California.
Also, he’s going to cross the age of 70 in office. He’s already having stumbles, confused moments, and a really tired demeanor at the last debate.
That would be a start.
They followed illegal orders! Case closed! Lock them up!
They murdered people. This isn’t radical, it’s the bare minimum – when you murder someone on camera with multiple witnesses you get fucking arrested and tried. The people who murdered Renee Good and Alex Pretti should have been arrested by the state police immediately.
I would love to have a single person in power to actually give a shit about this beyond rhetoric.
Until laws are enforced on the ruling class, laws mean nothing but a threat of violence towards the have nots.
Hell yeah. More of that energy
Why not both?
…and?
Good start
They are lawless criminals, so it makes sense.
Deport them
Good.
Please I can only get so erect
I want another option instead. It’s a little messy and will probably get me on a watchlist if I say it but it’s something that I believe every ICE agent rightfully deserves.
Correct. Many of them committed documented crimes.
He isn’t the only one.
I’m basically a single issue voter at this point and that issue is prosecuting ICE and the Trump administration. Everything else can come after that.
I for one think we should be tough on crime
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time!
Yes please
Good. They deserve it.
This dude’s platform lines up with my policy goals completely, but something is off about it coming from a billionaire. I feel like we’re being bamboozled, & it’ll seem really obvious later if he turns heel.
Yes
*if they break the law
That’s the messaging I want to hear.
Now we’re talking.
Billionaire
Invested in private prisons – this guy is a the Fetterman of California.
Xavier Becerra is a better candidate.
I don’t see why we’re splitting hairs over one or the other. Doing both is entirely plausible and frankly appropriate.
Any who committed a crime should be jailed. A blanket judgement is not any better than what they’re doing
Fucking right!
Put them in uniforms and send them on the front lines for Ukraine.
Can we now chant “ICE on Ice”?
Get billionaires out of politics
Be neat if the agents that murdered US citizens on US soil during immigration crackdowns faced accountability for murdering citizens.
That would be a good start. And then arrest those who helped hide them from accountability.
Abolish ICE to stop the crimes, and prosecute the crimes that have been committed already. We can do both.
Absolutely
We’ve got a bunch of warehouses they’ve been itching to fill.
Just sayin’
I call BS on that. Steyer is just leveraging the public’s despise for ICE to gain votes. As Guv he has zero impact on federal impropriety/law breaking nationwide.
He might as well promise public beheadings.
What is the real deal here is that he is trying make a show of cleaning house to KEEP ICE GOING as he profits from that system. Those prisons aren’t to fill themselves. I can only predict that no matter how far he tries to distance himself from his past investments, in the future there is nothing from stopping him from investing in exactly the same type of facilities again.
That is the appropriate thing to do with criminals
Do we actually believe Ton Steyer (the billionaire) is actually going to follow through on this? This feels like Bloomberg 2.0 all over again…
Such pandering 🐂💩, he ain’t jailing anybody
All of them belong in prison. Zero exceptions. We’re not going to fix this country until we put the trash where it belongs.
I support both
>Forget ‘Abolish ICE.’
No thanks.