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>>> HAVE YOU SEEN THESE?
TOM STEYER IS BETTING
BIG ON TEXAS AS WE COUNT DOWN
TO SUPER TUESDAY.
TOM
TOM
TOM STEYER IS RUNNING COMMERCIALS
ACROSS THE STATE.
HE
HE
HE JUST
HE JUST OPENED AN OFFICE IN DALLAS
A COUPLE DAYS AGO AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. TOM
WELL. TOM STEYER POLLED WELL IN
NEVADA BUT REMAINS
A LONGSHOT CANDIDATE,
ESPECIALLY IN TEXAS.
SO WHERE
SO WHERE
SO WHERE DOES HE SEE A PATH TO VICTORY?
WE TALKED TO HIM
FROM LAS VEGAS.
TOM, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
>> JASON, GREAT TO BE WITH
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. >>
YOU. >> TEXANS ARE SEEING YOUR ADS
ON TV RIGHT NOW.
WHAT IS YOUR LAST-MINUTE
PULLING IN TEXAS TELLING
YOU?
YOU?
YOU? >>
YOU? >> LOOK, WHAT I AM SEEING
COMING OUT OF NEVADA AND
GOING INTO SOUTH CAROLINA IS
THAT MY CAMPAIGN HAS A
TON OF MOMENTUM.
I'M PUTTING THE OTHER COALITION
OF
OF
OF AMERICANS, DIVERSE DEMOCRATS,
INCLUDING BLACK
INCLUDING BLACK PEOPLE, LATINOS, ASIAN
AMERICANS, NATIVE AMERICANS
AND WHITE PEOPLE, IT IS THE
KIND OF COALITION THAT
ANY DEMOCRAT WILL NEED TO
SECURE THE NOMINATION AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO BEAT MR.
TRUMP IN NOVEMBER.
SO
SO
SO WHAT
SO WHAT TEXAS PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW
IS THAT YOU CAN SEE
FROM NEVADA AND GOING INTO
SOUTH CAROLINA, THAT I
HAVE THE MOMENTUM COMING INTO
SUPER TUESDAY TO BE A
FORCE AND TO PULL TOGETHER A
PARTY THAT CAN ONLY WIN
IF IT IS TOGETHER AND NOT
FRACTURED AND THAT IS WHAT
I'M DOING.
I'M DOING. >> THE LAST POLL WE SAW IN
TEXAS HAD YOU AT 3%.
ARE YOU SEEING HIGHER NUMBERS?
>> I THINK EVERY POLL WILL
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE
RESULTS OF NEVADA AND THE
RESULTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
I HAVE BEEN SPENDING MY TIME IN
THE TWO DIVERSE
STATES, AS PART OF THE PRIMARY
PROCESS BEFORE SUPER
TUESDAY TO SHOW THAT I CAN HAVE
THAT MOMENTUM AND WE
CAN PULL TOGETHER THE COALITION
AND THAT IS WHAT I
HAVE BEEN DOING.
>> FOR PEOPLE NOT FAMILIAR
WITH THE CANDIDACY, HOW
DO YOU DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF
FROM OTHER DEMOCRATS?
>> I HAVE SPENT THE LAST 10
YEARS -- I STARTED A
BUSINESS FROM SCRATCH.
I BUILT IT UP OVER 27 YEARS.
I WALKED AWAY FROM IT TOOK THE
GIVING PLEDGE TO GIVE
MOST OF MY MONEY AWAY TO GOOD
CAUSES WHILE I'M ALIVE
AND FOR 10 YEARS, I HAVE BEEN
PUTTING TOGETHER
PUTTING TOGETHER COALITIONS OF AMERICANS TO PUT
TOGETHER UNCHECKED
TOGETHER UNCHECKED CORPORATE POWER.
CORPORATE POWER. WE HAVE BEATEN OIL COMPANIES.
WE
WE
WE HAVE
WE HAVE BEATEN UTILITIES.
WE HAVE BEATEN DRUG
COMPANIES.
COMPANIES. WE NEVER LOST.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS
GO TO WASHINGTON DC AND BRING
THE SAME SPIRIT AS AN
OUTSIDER AND BEATING THE
CORPORATION AND GET BACK
THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE.
SO THAT IN FACT WE
CAN DELIVER THE PROGRESSIVE
PROMISE OF AFFORDABLE
HEALTHCARE AS A RIGHT OF
QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION
INCLUDING UNIVERSAL PRE-K AND A
LIVING WAGE FOR
EVERY AMERICAN AND CLEAN AIR
AND CLEAN WATER.
I'M
I'M
I'M THE
I'M THE OUTSIDER WHO HAS BEATEN
CORPORATIONS FOR A
DECADE.
DECADE.
DECADE. >> I WANT TO ASK YOU ONE MORE
QUESTION IN THE
FINAL MOMENTS.
FINAL MOMENTS. THERE ARE SEVERAL CANDIDATES
AND
AND
AND THEN
AND THEN ABOUT A DEBATE THAT
SUGGESTED DEMOCRATS DO NOT
NEED A BILLIONAIRE CANDIDATE.
THEY WERE AIMING THAT
SPECIFICALLY WITH MIKE
BLOOMBERG.
BLOOMBERG. THEY WERE SAYING
THAT BILLIONAIRE CANDIDATES ARE
OUT OF TOUCH.
YOU
YOU
YOU TOO
YOU TOO ARE A BILLIONAIRE AND YOU
TALKED ABOUT THE
BUSINESS YOU STARTED FROM
SCRATCH.
SCRATCH.
SCRATCH. WHAT WOULD YOU
TELL TEXANS WHO MIGHT WONDER
WHETHER YOU REALLY
UNDERSTAND THEIR STRUGGLES?
>> LET ME SAY THIS, JASON.
I'M AN OUTSIDER.
I
I
I HAVE
I HAVE BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER
COALITIONS TO FIGHT
CORPORATIONS AS AN OUTSIDER
SUCCESSFULLY FOR 10
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. IF
YEARS. IF YOU BELIEVE CORPORATIONS
ABOUT THE
ABOUT THE
ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT IN WASHINGTON DC
WHICH I BELIEVE AND THAT
IT IS BROKEN, YOU HAVE TO ASK
YOURSELF, WHO WILL GO
IN THERE AND FIX IT QUICK
SOMEBODY FROM THE OUTSIDE?
TALKING ABOUT 12 YOUR TERM
LIMITS OR IS IT SOMEBODY
FROM INSIDE THE BELTWAY WHO WAS
A CAREER POLITICIAN
WHO IS CLAIMING THEY WILL
REFORM WASHINGTON DC?
I'M
I'M
I'M TELLING YOU THAT THE PERSON YOU
CAN TRUST IS THE
PERSON WHO HAS OVER A DECADE OF
SHOWING THAT HE WILL
TAKE ON THE CORPORATIONS AND
BEAT THEM AND I STARTED
A NONPROFIT BANK TO SUPPORT
BLACK PEOPLE, LATINOS
AND WOMEN WHO ARE GETTING
MISTREATED AND
MISTREATED AND DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN THE
FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
FINANCIAL SYSTEM. SOMEONE WHO HAS A HISTORY