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Tom Steyer's campaign to impeach Trump strikes a chord with both sides

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Billionaire Democratic donor Tom Steyer has pulled off a rarity in this hyper-charged partisan age: He raised the ire of both President Donald Trump and the president's Democratic nemesis, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

That unlikely pairing is thanks to the $10 million worth of nationwide TV ads calling for Trump's impeachment that Steyer launched in late October.

The president lashed out at Steyer in a tweet, deriding him as "wacky & totally unhinged." Pelosi expressed her displeasure behind closed doors, reportedly telling party leaders that Steyer's campaign could distract from tangible Democratic efforts to stifle Trump's Washington agenda.

But the ad clearly resonated with Trump's detractors and supporters: 1.5

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