Axelrod: Steyer's Impeachment Ads Seem Like More of a 'Vanity Project'

Democratic billionaire Tom Steyer’s ads calling for President Donald Trump’s impeachment seem like more of a “vanity project than a call to action,” former top Obama adviser David Axelrod tweeted Saturday.

Steyer impeachment ads seem to me more of a vanity project than a call to action. It is-at least this point-an unhelpful message. If impeachment becomes a political tool, it will be as damaging to our democracy as the degradations @realDonaldTrump has inflicted on it.

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) November 11, 2017

Steyer on Thursday said he was adding $10 million to his national TV ad campaign, “Need to Impeach,” and said he would fund two new ads as well. Steyer has already spent $20 million on the campaign. He responded to Axelrod on Twitter, saying 78 percent of Democratic primary voters support Trump’s impeachment.

Unhelpful to whom, David? Millions of Americans strongly disagree. 78% of Democratic primary voters support impeachment.

— Tom Steyer (@TomSteyer) November 11, 2017

“Trump is a clear & present danger,” he said in another tweet. “He has passed the impeachment standard. No fear.”

Trump has responded to the ad calling Steyer “wacky & totally unhinged” and commenting that he “never wins elections.”

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