Tom Steyer in Fox News Sunday interviews during 2020

On Civil Rights: Substantial racial subtext in virtually every policy area

I believe that there is a substantial racial subtext in virtually every policy area in the United States. And the example I usually use is climate, where I'm a long-term climate hawk, but I've always started from the standpoint of environmental justice. I've always started in the communities where it's unsafe to breathe, because you'll get asthma and unsafe to drink the tap water because you'll get sick. And those tend to be overwhelmingly black and brown communities. Source: Fox News Sunday interview for 2020 Presidential race Feb 23, 2020

On Civil Rights: Have a formal commission on race to review 400 years

Q: The question is how long does reparations go on?

STEYER: Well, how long did injustice go on? I want to have a formal commission on race and go through the history of the last 400-plus years, to understand what happened, where it went, exactly how we got here and to repair the damage that was done. [Otherwise] we're never going to deal with this, this is something in the past, and so we should just draw a line on today and move forward. And I think that's unrealistic.

Source: Fox News Sunday interview for 2020 Presidential race Feb 23, 2020

The above quotations are from Fox News Sunday interviews during 2020 (Chris Wallace and Bret Baier interviewing candidates for 2020 races). Click here for other excerpts from Fox News Sunday interviews during 2020 (Chris Wallace and Bret Baier interviewing candidates for 2020 races). Click here for other excerpts by Tom Steyer. Click here for a profile of Tom Steyer.
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