Posted on 07/28/2024 1:28:36 PM PDT by dennisw
French Gates told the Times she decided to get involved in politics after the 2022 Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, the half-century-old decision that had protected abortion rights.
"I knew I had to speak out in favor of women's rights, and if there was a candidate who is against women's rights and says terrible things about women, there is no way I could vote for that person," she said.
Melinda French Gates thinks the new generation of billionaire activists aren't doing enough. Gates also called Elon Musk's criticism of her political endorsements "silly."
Gates says she will continue to give to organizations that support women's rights. Melinda French Gates says the new generation of billionaires, like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, these days primarily use their "megaphones" instead of their bank accounts to effect change.
In an interview with The New York Times, Gates was asked what she thinks about the approach to philanthropy shown by the new generation of "billionaire activists" — like Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, and PayPal founder Peter Thiel.
"Well, the people you just named have not been very philanthropic yet," French Gates replied. "They use their voice and they use their megaphones, but I would not call those men philanthropists."
In May, Gates announced her intention to step down from her role as cochair of the Gates Foundation, which she founded with her former husband, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates.
In her announcement, she said she would remain committed to "people and organizations working on behalf of women and families around the world, including on reproductive rights in the United States."
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In January, Elon Musk criticized French Gates’s decision to endorse President Joe Biden in the 2024 election, saying the decision “might be the downfall of western civilization.” French Gates has since endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris,In her endorsement of Harris, French Gates emphasized the need for a leader who will advocate for abortion rights.
Asked to elaborate, French Gates said she thinks tech CEOs frequently give advice on things with which they are not experts.
“I’ve just watched over the years tech leaders interviewed about their parenting style,” Gates said. “A male who has spent, you know, 60 hours at his company that week, and I’m sure he’s a fantastic CEO and has done a great job. But then they get asked about parenting, and they spew all this stuff, and you think, something doesn’t add up here, so just — some of these comments to me are just kind of silly.”
She surely isn’t.
She’s more misanthropist.
I despise this brainwashed goof. Oddly enough her present face looks clownish, though she was hot when she lured in BG. But I will admit she was a good mother, going by all her children turning out well.
She is PURE EVIL! I used to think she was the SANE one of the couple....they are BOTH PURE EVIL!!!
Missy Gates - the ultimate DEI example - didn’t earn it.
Melinda Gates believes philanthropy is killing black children like her Gates Foundation ensures.
Should be noted this woman was so lousy Bill was literally living on Epstein Island to look for companionship
She didn’t get the jab her husband pushed.
Real philanthropists like her give other people’s money away.
Check out Mac Bezos and her insane philanthropy.
“She didn’t get the jab her husband pushed.”
My take—
The entire family got placebo injections. Or ones that were left to rot at room temperatures. That ruins the mRNA within
Takes one to know one, Beeotch.
"Women's rights' is often code for 'abortion'. Is that what she's talking about? She can use her money to support her beliefs - it's a free country.
What she doesn't seem to understand it's also a free country for Musk and Peter Thiel. And they can use their money to support their beliefs. Men have that 'right' too. That said, it's not unusual for democrat women to feel only liberal women have 'rights' to express their beliefs.
They aren’t philanthr... philanthro... ...
Just “good deed doers.”
According to the wizard. . .
She has no idea if Musk, Thiel donate silently to some causes, or if they don’t.
Many people donate to donate not to gain admiration.
Trump voters pour your water at Le Circus...
Musk is putting his money into space, in both reinventing the rocket program and blanketing the earth with affordable internet satellites. Both investments will benefit mankind.
Even the Apollo program gave mankind the transistor and solid-state circuitry.
-PJ
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