FILE PHOTO: Democratic Presidential candidate entrepreneur Tom Steyer speaks during his Get Out the Vote rally in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., on February 28, 2020, the day before the South Carolina Presidential Primary. REUTERS/Mark Makela
March 1, 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer, a fierce critic of President Donald Trump who pushed early for his impeachment, abandoned his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Saturday, CNN reported.
The 62-year-old former hedge fund manager from San Francisco portrayed himself as a political outsider and blasted corporate money in U.S. politics in July, when he joined a field of two dozen Democrats seeking to deny Trump, a Republican, a second term.
(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Leslie Adler)
