{"id":1987973,"date":"2023-08-01T16:18:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T20:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-super-pac-says-most-funding-through-june-came-from-one-gop-mega-donor\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T16:20:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T20:20:02","slug":"rfk-jr-super-pac-says-most-funding-through-june-came-from-one-gop-mega-donor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-super-pac-says-most-funding-through-june-came-from-one-gop-mega-donor\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. Super PAC: Majority of Funding Until June From GOP Mega-Donor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frfk-jr-super-pac-says-most-funding-through-june-came-from-one-gop-mega-donor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1987973&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A super\u200d PAC backing Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made\u2064 waves with its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adam-schiff-loses-ground-to-katie-porter-in-heated-california-senate-primary-poll\/\" title=\"Poll shows Katie Porter gaining ground on Adam Schiff in California Senate primary.\">impressive fundraising efforts<\/a>. The group has \u2062reported a staggering\u200c $10 million haul through June, with half of\u2064 that money coming from a single mega-donor known\u2063 for supporting \u200cRepublicans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">American Values 2024, the super PAC in question, has raised $9.8 \u2063million through \u200cthe end of June and an additional $6 million\u2064 in July alone. Since its launch in April, the group has amassed a\u200b total of around\u2063 $16 million. These numbers are particularly significant \u200bas they\u2062 coincide with Kennedy&#8217;s announcement of his \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-takeaways-from-day-one-of-turning-point-action-conference\/\" title=\"Three key insights from day one of the Turning Point Action conference.\">presidential \u2063bid<\/a>. POLITICO <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/07\/31\/rfk-jr-super-pac-gop-donor-00109101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  that\u2062 out of the \u200b$9.8 million raised through June, $5 million came from American \u2062businessman and former Donald Trump supporter Timothy Mellon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/schwartzbCNBC\/status\/1685793879692345344?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  to CNBC, Mellon, who had previously\u200d donated $1.5\u2063 million to a group aligned with\u2064 Trump, expressed his belief that Kennedy is\u200d the candidate who can unite the country, root\u200c out corruption, and emerge victorious in the general election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mellon&#8217;s support for\u200b conservative causes is well-documented. He has given $45 million to \u200dthe Congressional Leadership \u200cFund, associated \u200bwith House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA),\u2064 and $30 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, aligned with Senate Minority \u200dLeader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). Business Insider <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/super-pac-robert-kennedy-funding-tim-mellon-trump-border-wall-2023-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  that Mellon also contributed $53 \u2063million to an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/10\/06\/timothy-mellon-texas-border-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">effort<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  by Texas Republican Governor\u200c Greg Abbott to build\u2064 a border wall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kennedy, currently polling at 14% nationally in the Democratic \u200bprimary according to the\u2062 Real Clear Politics average, has positioned \u2064himself as a candidate capable of appealing \u200cto a\u200d wide range of voters. He aims\u200b to unite Democrats, Republicans, and independent voters who are disillusioned with the Washington \u200destablishment. Another major donor to the super PAC supporting Kennedy is\u2064 Gavin\u2062 De Becker, a consultant and close adviser\u2062 to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. \u2063De Becker, who has supported candidates from both major parties in the past, has\u2062 contributed $4.5 million to \u2062American Values 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kennedy&#8217;s donor base reflects \u2062a diverse mix of Democrats and Republicans, including many who have previously\u200b supported Trump and\u200b Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/07\/15\/rfk-fundraising-republicans-00106481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">according<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  to POLITICO. The Democrat has garnered attention from Republicans\u2064 due to his criticisms of the war in Ukraine and the government&#8217;s\u200c handling of COVID vaccines. Notable liberals, such as \u200dhedge fund manager Bill Ackman and \u2064Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, have also voiced their \u200csupport for \u200dKennedy&#8217;s 2024 \u2064bid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kennedy&#8217;s \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-super-pac-says-most-funding-through-june-came-from-one-gop-mega-donor\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. Super PAC: Majority of Funding Until June From GOP Mega-Donor\">fundraising efforts received<\/a> a significant boost in July, \u2062with nearly $5 million raised \u2062as he testified before the House Judiciary Select Subcommittee \u200con the Weaponization of the Federal Government on July 20. \u2064During his \u2064testimony, \u2064Kennedy <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/republicans-judiciary.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/kennedy-testimony.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highlighted<\/a> alleged collusion between the federal \u200cgovernment and\u2063 Big Tech corporations, claiming that they had censored his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a> and shut down\u200c his \u2063account.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received a $10 million boost through June, with half of the funds originating from a prominent Republican supporter. American Values 2024, a super PAC backing Kennedy, disclosed raising $9.8 million by June&#8217;s end, and an additional $6 million in July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1987974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1987973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1987974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}