Billionaire Tom Steyer Can't Stop Defending Boys in Girls' Sports — Even California Thinks He's Nuts
California Democrat gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer has a problem, and it's not his money — it's his mouth. The billionaire keeps bringing up trans athletes in girls' sports, defending the practice on camera even as polls show voters overwhelmingly oppose it. In deep-blue California. Where they'll vote for literally anything with a D next to it.
Even there, Tom. Even there this is a loser.
Let's appreciate the comedy of what's happening here. Tom Steyer — hedge fund billionaire, climate activist, failed 2020 presidential candidate — is running for governor of California. The state is basically a one-party Democratic fiefdom. All he has to do is not say anything insane and he's got a real shot.
But he can't help himself. New video surfaced of Steyer once again going to bat for biological males competing against girls in sports. Not ducking the question. Not pivoting to "inclusivity" talking points. Actively championing it, as reported by The Gateway Pundit.
This is the one rake that hurts Democrats everywhere. We've watched it play out across the country — in swing states, in school board races, in ballot measures. Voters of every political stripe look at a 6-foot-2 biological male dominating a girls' track meet and say, "No, that's not fair." It's not even close in the polling.
And Tom Steyer, billionaire genius, thinks California is the place where this finally plays well.
Here's what makes this beautiful: nobody is making him talk about this. No reporter has him cornered. No activist is forcing his hand. He volunteers it. He brings it up like it's a selling point. Like somewhere in his billionaire brain, he's convinced that defending boys taking trophies from girls is the key to winning over California voters.
The man spent $300 million of his own money on his 2020 presidential campaign and got approximately zero delegates. You'd think that experience might have taught him something about reading a room. You would be wrong.
This is what happens when you're so rich that nobody in your life ever tells you you're wrong. Tom Steyer lives in a bubble where this position makes sense — surrounded by staffers and donors and activists who all nod along because the checks keep clearing. Meanwhile, actual parents with actual daughters are watching and thinking, "This guy wants to run our state?"
Even in California — where they banned plastic straws and gas stoves and probably breathing without a permit — voters don't want boys in girls' locker rooms. That's how unpopular this position is. It transcends political geography.
But by all means, Tom, keep talking. Every time you open your mouth about trans athletes in girls' sports, you remind normal people why they've started voting Republican. You're doing more for our side than any campaign ad could.
A billionaire who can't read a room. In a state that should be his for the taking. Stepping on the same rake, over and over, on camera. Beautiful.