California Billionaire Tom Steyer Calls Georgia “Very Important” For 2018 – Will He Organize A Dem Gov Debate For Stacey Whoever?

April 16, 2018

With plans to appear in Atlanta today for a town hall event – which Stacey Abrams and Stacey Evans are avoiding – far-left California billionaire Tom Steyer confirmed to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he plans on making Georgia a key focus for his Super PAC this year, claiming that the race for the Democrat gubernatorial nomination between Abrams and Evans is “a very important primary.” Despite this, Steyer has so far refused to organize a gubernatorial debate between the two Democrat candidates.

Steyer claimed he has “tried to avoid D-on-D races,” but he and his organization are already organizing three gubernatorial debates in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Florida, all of which will be key competitive gubernatorial contests this year and all of which – like Georgia – have highly competitive Democrat primaries.

If Steyer truly believes Georgia is a “very important” state for Democrats in 2018, he should match his words with actions and organize a debate between Abrams and Evans so they can explain to the people of Georgia why they should stand behind his divisive, radical agenda.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports:

Steyer has recently reached into his wallet to aid Democratic gubernatorial candidates in several other states. One question high on the minds of local politicos is whether he plans to similarly invest in the Georgia’s own closely-watched contest, particularly the May 22 primary between Stacey Evans and Stacey Abrams, who are testing out two very different political strategies.

Steyer hinted he would likely stay out of the primary battle, but he also wouldn’t rule out getting involved.

‘We have tried to avoid D-on-D races,” he said. “We have broken that intention very, very, very rarely because we’re basically a grassroots organization trying to get as broad participation as possible.’

‘We have obviously heard a lot, talked a lot and thought a lot about this Democratic primary in Georgia,’ he added. “We haven’t decided that this is one that would break our rule, although we understand that it’s a very important primary.’”