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Thu May 9, 2024, 10:34 AM May 9

Arthur Blank to hold fundraiser for Biden in Atlanta on eve of Morehouse speech [View all]

Source: ajc.com





By Greg Bluestein 9 hours ago

Arthur Blank, the billionaire Home Depot co-founder, will host a high-dollar fundraiser with President Joe Biden in Atlanta on the eve of the Democrat’s commencement speech at Morehouse College.

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The next day, Biden will headline Morehouse’s graduation ceremony amid threats of a walk-out from students and faculty in protest of the Democrat’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war and other critiques of his agenda.

Polls show Biden and former President Donald Trump in a close race in Georgia, which voted Democratic in 2020 for the first time in nearly three decades.

Blank, the owner of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United, donated $300,000 to Biden’s campaign during the 2020 campaign and another $400,000 in 2023. In all, he has given more than $4 million to Democratic-aligned groups since 2010, though he also contributed to a handful of Republicans.

Read more: https://www.ajc.com/politics/arthur-blank-to-hold-fundraiser-for-biden-in-atlanta-on-eve-of-morehouse-speech/GAFFXHA2IZH2FKUIW62WSG2MQA/




Also see this DU link for a few other Biden donors:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218935181
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