Posted on 10/22/2024 4:39:28 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
After decades of sitting on the sidelines of politics, Bill Gates, one of the richest people in the world, has said privately that he recently donated about $50 million to a nonprofit organization that is supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential run, according to three people briefed on the matter.
The donation was meant to stay under wraps. Mr. Gates, one of the founders of Microsoft, has not publicly endorsed Ms. Harris, and his donation would represent a significant change in the strategy that has previously kept him away from gifts like this.
In private calls this year to friends and others, Mr. Gates has expressed concern about what a second Donald Trump presidency would look like, according to a person briefed on Mr. Gates’s thinking, although he has stressed that he could work with either candidate. Mr. Gates does not have a deep relationship with Ms. Harris, but he has celebrated the Biden-Harris administration’s work on climate change. Mr. Gates’s philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is significantly concerned about potential cuts to family planning and global health programs if Mr. Trump is elected, according to two people close to the foundation.
Mr. Gates has said he made his donation to Future Forward, the main outside fund-raising group supporting Ms. Harris, according to the people briefed on the matter. Mr. Gates has talked about his pro-Harris donation with his peers, including Mike Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor and a major supporter of Future Forward who has considered a similarly sized gift, two of the people briefed said. Mr. Gates’s donation went specifically to Future Forward’s nonprofit arm, Future Forward USA Action, which as a 501(c)(4) “dark money” organization does not disclose its donors, according to the people briefed. So any contribution by Mr. Gates will...
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I thought we had to "get the money out of politics?"
More money than brains
Bill GATES is as EVIL AS SOROS!!
Imagine if he wanted to give some real money? Who else is giving pocket change under the table?
Take his money and RUN!
Azho. He’s a commie too. What’s his thing with Jamaican women.
His dad was big in Planned Abortionhood and the Hemlock Society. Funny how he just happened to get favored treatment over IBM.
I saw one of the ads he paid for earlier today. It wasn’t for Harris, but just encouraged people to vote. It was put out by Future Forward.
He is on the Epstein list and he’s watching what’s happening to Diddy.
"President Trump is going to cut Social Security"
"President Trump will raise taxes by $4,000 per family."
"Kamala Harris has cut taxes for working families."
They are so bad, I think they might actually be helping PDJT.
He’s also delusional and a high functioning schizophrenic.
but... but... but... Kamala is the party of the common man and Trump is only supporting billionaires!!!!!!! POV what is Gates’ fair share”?
I truly believe the world would be a better place without this pencil necked jag off and all his money with non profit 5013c organizations.
I hear his name is on a few of those special lists. He needs to keep that private. Needless to say Gates is a full on player for using his tech to bring about the NWO.
More stupid tv commercials in swing states. Poor suckas.
what an evil evil man
Guess he's done sitting on the sidelines, as he's "done for decades". Could what you mention be the impetus?
Trump is gonna release the Epstein list. Gates is worried.
“His dad was big in Planned Abortionhood ...”
And “Trey” as they call him has undoubtedly been a great customer. The man has been a legendary predator and exploiter of young woman. How many little Gates progeny have died in utero over the decades?
The Epstein and Diddy listers are running scared.
Well, after they finish campaigning for KommieLa, that is ;-)
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