Posted on 02/23/2024 12:52:48 PM PST by thegagline
The biggest individual contributions to Donald Trump's and Robert F. Kennedy Jr's 2024 presidential Super PACs in January both came from the same longtime Republican mega-donor, according to filings.
Timothy Mellon, heir to the Mellon banking fortune, donated $5 million to the Trump-aligned MAGA Inc. fundraising attempts in January, as well $5 million to a Super PAC supporting the Democrat-turned-independent's presidential bid the same month, Federal Election Commission (FEC) listings reveal.
Mellon, the grandson of former U.S. treasury secretary Andrew Mellon, is known to be a longtime donor to Republicans such as Trump. He gave $20 million to the Trump-aligned America First Action Super PAC in 2020.
Mellon first donated to a Super PAC supporting Kennedy Jr.'s White House bid, American Values 2024, last July when the son of former Senator Bobby Kennedy and nephew of the former President John F. Kennedy was still running as a Democrat.
Mellon gave American Values a total of $15 million in 2023, according to FEC filings, covering a period when Kennedy Jr. ran as a Democratic and independent presidential candidate. The billionaire was also found to have donated $10 million to the Trump-aligned MAGA Inc. in the second half of last year, making him the largest contributor to both Super PACs.
Trump and Kennedy Jr.'s campaign teams have been contacted via email for comment.
Reacting to multimillion dollar donations from Mellon, Alex Floyd, rapid response director for the Democratic National Committee (DNC), said in a statement: "Today's news that Donald Trump's largest donor has given another $5 million to RFK Jr.'s Super PAC confirms what we already knew: RFK Jr. is a stalking horse for Trump in this election."
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interesting. this guy Mellon acts like a real Machiavelli.
Nice!!
Could he post bond for Trump’s appeal?
Could he post bond for Trump’s appeal?
That’s nice.
Money well spent?
Yup—Mellon could write a nine figure check—no problem.
Here is a Robert Reich (remember that nut :-) ) article attacking him that has some numbers:
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-timothy-mellon-is-the-poster
Between RFK Jr. and Trump, there will be VERY FEW votes left for the Democrat.
2024 in America is an era when unthinkable things have been happening. Watch for Trump to grab somebody like RFK Junior, Tulsi, or someone like that… And run on an American unity ticket against DC. Trump is a master of entertainment, so just watch. He’s going to do something nobody expects.
Who ever expected him to show up on the front row of that debate with all of the Clinton’s rape victims after the Billy Bush tape?
Out of the two you mention, I’d take Tulsi as she seems like a straight-shooter, especially considering that she was able to understand that the McCain Bunch in the Deep State was flat-out LYING to her.
JFK Jr. also understands the Leftists but has more bad history, at least in my book.
But as my tagline states, either of them or anyone else for VP is fine by me.
I agree with your analysis. And I can’t even predict what it’s going to be. But I suspect it’s going to be something designed to grab a great big chunk of America beyond Republican. I think he’s going to try to go for a platform of restoring normal America. Athena chopping energy destroying, inflationary, Cox south energy communist have overplayed their hand made a lot of animals. Trump is smart enough to see that and the Floyd. It’ll be interesting to see how.
Trump’s a billionaire. He can write his own check.
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