Tom Steyer also said he would fund two new ads in addition to the one that’s been backed by an existing $10 million buy. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Steyer to drop another $10M on Trump impeachment ads

Democratic billionaire Tom Steyer said Thursday that he’s adding $10 million to his national television ad campaign calling for President Donald Trump’s impeachment.

Speaking on a conference call outlining the public support for his effort, Steyer also said he would fund two new ads in addition to the one that’s been backed by an existing $10 million buy.


More than 1.9 million Americans have now signed his weeks-old petition to impeach Trump, Steyer said on the call.

Trump himself responded to Steyer’s ad after seeing it during Fox and Friends late last month — he called the Californian "unhinged" and a "wacko" — and FOX News subsequently pulled the ad off the air.

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The hedge fund manager-turned-environmental activist has been Democrats’ single biggest donor in recent election cycles, giving over $160 million in the 2014 and 2016 cycles, largely through his NextGen political group.

Since then, he has fanned rumors that he might run for Senate or governor in California, or even president. He has polled primary voters in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, though his impeachment effort has been met with resistance from party leaders who find such a push premature.