Posted on 07/16/2024 12:14:33 PM PDT by thegagline
The LinkedIn co-founder who told a panel of billionaires he wished former president Donald Trump was an “actual martyr” days before Saturday’s assassination attempt, is a dark money donor who has contributed tens of millions to Democratic political candidates.
Reid Hoffman, 56, is among the big money supporters of numerous political action committees and non-profits that contribute to progressive and left-leaning political candidates and causes, according to publicly available FEC data.
He is a backer of the Hopewell Fund, a non-profit which is managed by Arabella Advisors, described as “a secretive dark money juggernaut” which spent more than $1 billion to propel Joe Biden to the White House in 2020 by Caitlin Sutherland, the executive director of Americans for Public Trust.*** On Sunday — a day after a would-be assassin tried to kill Trump at a rally in Butler, PA — Hoffman attempted to walk back his inflammatory comments he had made days earlier at the Allan & Company Sun Valley Conference.
At Sun Valley, Hoffman was responding to former Stanford classmate and billionaire Peter Thiel, who sarcastically thanked Hoffman for putting money behind lawsuits against Trump, saying the legal action had turned the 45th president into a “martyr.”
“Yeah, I wish I had made him an actual martyr,” Hoffman replied, according to a report.
Hoffman walked back the comments in a lengthy X post Sunday, saying that his words had been reported out of context.
“Of course I meant nothing about any sort of physical harm or violence, which I categorically deplore,” Hoffman said on X. “I am horrified and saddened by what happened to former President Trump and wish him a speedy recovery.”
Hoffman did not return a request for comment Monday.***
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Eeee...gads
Another libtard billionare. Raise the tax on income above 5 million to 100%.
Money can’t buy integrity
I don’t think that would accomplish the ends that he’s intended.
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