EXCERPTS: Tom Steyer San Francisco GOTV Rally Remarks

SAN FRANCISCO — Today, Democratic gubernatorial candidate and climate advocate Tom Steyer will deliver his closing argument to voters at a get out the vote rally in his hometown of San Francisco — a call to reject the corporate status quo and fight for a government that puts working families first.

Steyer will make clear that this race comes down to three choices: a Republican extremist backed by Donald Trump, a corporate Democrat bankrolled by the same industries driving up costs, and Steyer — the only viable progressive Democrat who has spent the last 15 years taking on powerful interests on behalf of working people.

Steyer will also highlight the more than $54 million corporate special interests have spent to prop up Xavier Becerra and stop Steyer’s campaign for change. Yesterday, Becerra received support from a PAC funded by tobacco companies:

“Big Tobacco joined the big money brigade yesterday. That’s absurd!

Ask yourself: Do you really want the same future Chevron does? 

Do you want the same things Meta wants? 

Do you think Big Tobacco wants good things for the people of California?

Look: These companies might be selfish, but they’re not stupid. 

They don’t give hundreds of thousands of dollars to get someone elected, unless they know he’s going to be on their side. 

It’s not charity. It’s an investment. And corporations expect a return on their investment in Xavier Becerra.” 

Steyer also rejected fearmongering about the primary and argued this election will determine whether California stands with working people or the corporate interests driving up costs and rigging the system.

“Don’t be fooled by fears of a lockout. All recent polling shows that risk is near zero. 

This is a three-way race for two spots on the ballot in November: a MAGA Republican, a corporate Democrat, and you guys and me. 

But you’re not voting for who’s on the ballot. You’re voting for the California that comes after it.

The California that Steve Hilton is running on sounds exactly like what Trump wants: higher prices, lower wages, less freedom. 

And the California that Xavier Becerra is promising sounds like a whole lot more of the same. 

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…..But if you’re happy with how things are going in California, and how much things cost, by all means: vote for Xavier Becerra. 

He’s not going to change things. The corporations funding him are banking on that.”

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