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Hillary receiving millions from former Ted Cruz billionaire donor [View all]
EDIT--- When you have Hillary supporters openly supporting this action in replies below and thinking this is ok, something is seriously fucked up.Once again, digging around on Google brings up a lot of stuff.
This morning just now I found this. I was shocked because as far as I can tell, this really hasn't been reported on much.
Who is Robert Mercer?
Well from Wikipedia, his entry goes like this;
Robert Mercer (born July 11, 1946) is an American computer scientist and co-CEO of Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund. He is a major donor to conservative political causes. Mercer has donated to Super PACs affiliated with Freedom Partners, Club for Growth Action, and John R. Bolton.
In addition to the money he has spent on political campaigns, estimated at $32 million as of 2016, Mercer has invested millions of dollars in the Heritage Foundation, the media outlet Breitbart.com, and Cambridge Analytica.
In 2015, the Washington Post called Mercer one of the ten most influential billionaires in politics. Mercer is a major financial supporter of the 2016 presidential campaign of Ted Cruz, contributing $11 million to a super PAC associated with the candidate. Reporter Zachary Mider, writing for Bloomberg in January 2016, called Mercer "the biggest single donor" in the 2016 U.S. presidential race.
Mercer has given $750,000 to the Club for Growth, $2 million to American Crossroads, and $2.5 million to Freedom Partners Action Fund. In 2010, Mercer financially supported Art Robinson's efforts to unseat Peter DeFazio in Oregon's 4th congressional district. In the 2013-2014 election cycle, Mercer donated the fourth largest amount of money among individual donors, and the second most among Republican donors. The Mercer Family Foundation, run by Mercer's daughter, Rebekah, has also donated to a variety of conservative causes.
Mercer was the main financial backer of the Jackson Hole Summit, a conference that took place in Wyoming in August 2015 to advocate for the gold standard. He has also supported Doctors for Disaster Preparedness and Fred Kelly Grant, an Idaho activist who encourages legal challenges to environmental laws. Mercer has supported a campaign for the death penalty in Nebraska and funded ads in New York critical of the so-called "ground-zero mosque".According to associates interviewed by Bloomberg, Mercer is concerned with the monetary and banking systems of the United States, which he believes are in danger from government meddling
In addition to the money he has spent on political campaigns, estimated at $32 million as of 2016, Mercer has invested millions of dollars in the Heritage Foundation, the media outlet Breitbart.com, and Cambridge Analytica.
In 2015, the Washington Post called Mercer one of the ten most influential billionaires in politics. Mercer is a major financial supporter of the 2016 presidential campaign of Ted Cruz, contributing $11 million to a super PAC associated with the candidate. Reporter Zachary Mider, writing for Bloomberg in January 2016, called Mercer "the biggest single donor" in the 2016 U.S. presidential race.
Mercer has given $750,000 to the Club for Growth, $2 million to American Crossroads, and $2.5 million to Freedom Partners Action Fund. In 2010, Mercer financially supported Art Robinson's efforts to unseat Peter DeFazio in Oregon's 4th congressional district. In the 2013-2014 election cycle, Mercer donated the fourth largest amount of money among individual donors, and the second most among Republican donors. The Mercer Family Foundation, run by Mercer's daughter, Rebekah, has also donated to a variety of conservative causes.
Mercer was the main financial backer of the Jackson Hole Summit, a conference that took place in Wyoming in August 2015 to advocate for the gold standard. He has also supported Doctors for Disaster Preparedness and Fred Kelly Grant, an Idaho activist who encourages legal challenges to environmental laws. Mercer has supported a campaign for the death penalty in Nebraska and funded ads in New York critical of the so-called "ground-zero mosque".According to associates interviewed by Bloomberg, Mercer is concerned with the monetary and banking systems of the United States, which he believes are in danger from government meddling
So why is the guy who donated millions to Red Cruz's campaign https://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/contrib.php?cycle=2016&id=N00033085&type=f now suddenly donating to Hillary's campaign?
Yup because it's happening. https://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/contrib.php?id=N00000019
What is going on here? Well I think it's pretty much in your face. Hillary is courting big Republican money and it's quite obvious but when you attend a fundraiser which is hosted by a former NRA lobbyist who helped kill universal background checks in 2013 https://theintercept.com/2016/03/01/nra-lobbyist-will-co-host-clinton-fundraiser/ it's pretty much a sure fire bet that Captain Obvious is involved.
What a tangled web Hillary has woven. From FBI investigations to courting Republican billionaires. Tell us again, who side is she really on?
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