Left-wing billionaire Tom Steyer continued to attack establishment Democrats on Friday for not engaging the issue of impeaching President Donald Trump.
Steyer has poured millions of dollars into a national campaign since last year to encourage Democrats to impeach Trump, although they are in the minority in the House of Representatives and lack the votes. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and other party leaders have cautioned against impeachment talk for fear of animating the Republican base.
Steyer said on MSNBC there was now certified evidence of Trump's impeachable conduct after his former lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to multiple felonies this week.
Cohen implicated Trump in a potential campaign finance violation by saying he authorized Cohen to make hush payments to women who claimed they had affairs with Trump, in order to influence the election.
"We've seen evidence of this president's lawlessness for a long time," Steyer said. "What changed this week was the evidence was certified by the American court system."
MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi asked Steyer if he was frustrated that national Democrats aren't "on this ride yet."
"Well, Ali, who I really speak to is actual American voters," he said. "I actually don't spend any of my time talking to elected officials."
Velshi said lawmakers still aren't latching on to his idea, stating, "That's a problem, right?"
"Well, I do read the papers, Ali, and I can see the Washington establishment en masse saying, 'We don't want to talk about this president's lawlessness. We don't want to talk about the corruption that is so much a part of his life and his administration,'" he said. "But I don't think we can deal with the real issues facing Americans until we get rid of a dramatically reckless, dangerous and lawless president and get on with our lives."