Steyer first 2020 Democrat to push negative ad

Published February 7, 2020 5:59pm ET



MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Tom Steyer is the first candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination to go negative in an ad about rivals from his own party.

Steyer, 62, a hedge fund manager, environmentalist, and Democratic megadonor who pushed for impeachment, ripped Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, and Bernie Sanders in a new 60-second advertisement rolled out this week.

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