Billionaire NFL Owner Lobbies Megadonors For Trump

CNBC reports:

Billionaire and New York Jets owner Woody Johnson is part of a very small group within former President Donald Trump’s inner circle: Wealthy supporters who are willing to invest their own personal capital to convince Republican megadonors to donate to Trump’s presidential campaign.

Not only is Johnson backing Trump himself, he is also doing something even more important: Lobbying members of the unofficial Republican billionaire’s club to come back into Trump’s fold, said several of Johnson’s allies who were granted anonymity in order to relay private conversations.

“The sales pitch from team Johnson has been ‘it’s going to be Trump based on the polling. Are you just not going to get on the train as Trump heads to be the nominee?’” a Republican fundraiser familiar with the engagement told CNBC.

Read the full article. In 2017, Trump named Johnson the US ambassador to Britain – arguably our most important ally – despite him having zero diplomacy experience. Johnson is the heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharma empire. As you can see below, his tenure in London was marked with typically Trumpian scandals.

Jets owner Woody Johnson is privately lobbying GOP megadonors to donate to Trump’s campaign https://t.co/UyIMXBW0Kk

— CNBC (@CNBC) September 15, 2023

NEW: Woody Johnson, billionaire NFL owner & US ambassador to UK, was investigated by State OIG after allegations he made racist & sexist comments to staff & sought to use his gov’t post to benefit Trump’s personal biz in UK
(w. @kylieatwood & @NicoleCNN) https://t.co/1JfZ9S9N3F

— Jennifer Hansler (@jmhansler) July 22, 2020

Woody Johnson, top envoy since Aug 2017, made racist generalizations about Black men & questioned why the Black community celebrates Black History Month, per three sources and a diplomat familiar with the complaints to State IG https://t.co/1JfZ9S9N3F

— Jennifer Hansler (@jmhansler) July 22, 2020

Another source said after Johnson returned from a trip to DC where he met with Trump in early 2018, the ambassador his deputy that Trump wanted to host The Open at his Turnberry resort in Scotland and asked which British gov’t officials he could speak to about making that happen

— Jennifer Hansler (@jmhansler) July 22, 2020