{"id":32527,"date":"2024-03-28T12:40:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T19:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=32527"},"modified":"2024-03-28T12:40:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T19:40:45","slug":"new-video-details-billionaire-trump-donors-bankrolling-rfk-jr-s-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/03\/28\/new-video-details-billionaire-trump-donors-bankrolling-rfk-jr-s-run\/","title":{"rendered":"New Video Details Billionaire Trump Donors Bankrolling RFK Jr.’s Run"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaigns in Grand Rapids, Michigan on February 9, 2024, a billboard paid for by the Democratic National Committee highlights how his super PAC is allegedly receiving millions from Donald Trump’s largest donor, Timothy Mellon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 (Photo: Emily Elconin\/Getty Images for DNC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Kennedy’s donors know that he’ll never step foot in the White House, but that was never their goal. Their goal is to ensure that Trump does.”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BRETT WILKINS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mar 27, 2024 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A video published<\/a> Tuesday by More Perfect Union<\/em> sheds light on the ultrawealthy Republican donors to presumptive GOP nominee and former President Donald Trump’s campaign coffers who are also financing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent<\/a> White House run\u2014which many observers see as a potential spoiler for President Joe Biden’s reelection bid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video\u2014which came as Kennedy announced<\/a> that California lawyer and philanthropist Nicole Shanahan is his running mate\u2014underscores that the conspiracy theorist and former Democrat’s biggest campaign contributor was also Trump’s top donor in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Who exactly is bankrolling RFK Jr.’s presidential push?” asked Brian Tyler Cohen, the popular YouTuber and political commentator who narrates the seven-minute video. “It turns out the answer has a lot more to do with Trump than putting a Kennedy back in the White House.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kennedy said that he had nothing to do with the multimillion-dollar ad<\/a> supporting his campaign that aired during the Super Bowl last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“American Values 2024, a super political action committee (PAC) backing Kennedy, dropped a cool 7 million bucks for the spot, which about 124 million people saw,” Cohen said. “And propping up American Values 2024 is a large group of big donors… a bunch of millionaires and billionaires who are driven by one goal: to get RFK Jr. on the ballot in all key states across the country.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Doing a majority of the legwork here is the super PAC’s biggest donor, Timothy Mellon,” the video notes. “More than half of the $38 million raised by American Values this cycle has come from Timothy Mellon alone.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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