Megadonor Has So Far Given $74M To GOP Candidates

Bloomberg News reports:

Billionaire financier Ken Griffin is spending tens of millions of dollars to back Republican primary candidates across the US, but records show he has so far resisted contributing to Donald Trump — the former president leading an ideological overhaul of the GOP.

Griffin’s position as an established force in Republican fundraising has sometimes put him at odds with Trump and his running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance, who have promoted policies that were long anathema to conservatives.

Since 2015, Griffin’s political contributions total more than $248 million, according to OpenSecrets. To this point in the 2024 election cycle, Griffin has poured $74 million into super political action committees to promote candidates and conservative causes he believes in.

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Meanwhile the cult is trying to organize a boycott of Netflix because its chairman made a relatively paltry $7 million donation to a pro-Harris PAC.

Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin is spending millions to back Republican candidates across the US, sometimes putting him at odds with Trump https://t.co/NXl8mTC9Rw via @bpolitics

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