{"id":2206768,"date":"2024-03-26T17:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T21:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-taps-soft-on-crime-donor-for-vp\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T17:03:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T21:03:23","slug":"rfk-jr-taps-soft-on-crime-donor-for-vp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-taps-soft-on-crime-donor-for-vp\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. Taps Soft-on-Crime Donor for VP"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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-taps-soft-on-crime-donor-for-vp%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=2206768&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>Summary:<\/p>\n<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has named Nicole Shanahan, \u2062a Bay \u200bArea attorney and\u200d donor, as\u2062 his running mate. Shanahan, \u2064a supporter of progressive and soft-on-crime\u2063 policies in California, \u2063has\u200d funded campaigns and initiatives promoting criminal justice reform. Her background, including donations\u2064 to controversial causes, may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/slew-of-vexing-international-crises-confront-biden-a-year-out-from-election-day\/\" title=\"Biden faces numerous global crises ahead of Election Day.\">influence voter perceptions<\/a>, particularly among Republicans and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/choosing-a-lane-how-independent-voters-could-affect-a-desantis-presidential-campaign\/\" title=\"Choosing a lane: How independent voters could affect a DeSantis presidential campaign\">conservative-leaning independents<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"RFK Jr. Taps Soft-on-Crime Donor for VP\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/liberal-celebs-host-fundraiser-from-hell-for-joe-biden\" data-post-url id=\"print-1872795\">\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\tNicole Shanahan (Ian Tuttle\/Getty Images), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Rebecca Noble\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday named one of his donors, Bay Area attorney Nicole Shanahan, as his running mate. Shanahan helped bankroll progressive Los Angeles district attorney George Gasc\u00f3n&#8217;s (D.) campaign and backed some of California&#8217;s major soft-on-crime policies.<\/p>\n<p>Shanahan, the 38-year-old ex-wife of billionaire Google cofounder Sergey Brin, <a href=\"https:\/\/cal-access.sos.ca.gov\/Campaign\/Committees\/Detail.aspx?id=1392232&#038;view=expenditures&#038;session=2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gave<\/a> $25,000 to Gasc\u00f3n&#8217;s 2020 campaign\u2014joining the list of wealthy progressive backers that includes billionaire George Soros and Bay Area <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/california\/millionaire-wives-pour-1-million-into-criminal-justice-reform-as-californians-sour-on-soft-on-crime-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">millionaires&#8217; wives<\/a> who propelled Gasc\u00f3n into office. That same year, she gave $150,000 to &#8220;Reform L.A. Jails,&#8221; a project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fppc.ca.gov\/content\/dam\/fppc\/documents\/enf_letter\/1-28-20\/Reform%20LA%20Jails%20A%20Committee%20Supporting%20Jail%20Reform%20and%20Community%20Reinvestment%20Sponsored%20by%20Justice%20Team%20Network%20A%20Project%20for%20Tides%20Advocacy%20-%20201901281.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">financed by<\/a> California liberal dark money group Tides and chaired by <a href=\"https:\/\/patrissecullors.com\/black-lives-matter-co-founder-leads-campaign-to-shut-down-death-trap-jails-in-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Lives Matter cofounder Patrisse Cullors<\/a>. In 2020, Reform L.A. Jails pushed a Los Angeles ballot initiative to defund police and jails in favor of &#8220;alternatives to incarceration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, <a href=\"https:\/\/cal-access.sos.ca.gov\/Campaign\/Committees\/Detail.aspx?id=1392232&#038;view=expenditures&#038;session=2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shanahan spent $85,000<\/a> on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.ca.gov\/documents\/BTB24-5H-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">successful California voter initiative<\/a> to allow early release of felons and make it harder to prosecute juvenile offenders as adults. Criminals released under the law have <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/commentary\/2022\/12\/tricky-measure-allows-release-of-violent-felons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gone on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-if-it-saves-one-life-why-doesnt-the-lefts-logic-apply-to-illegal-immigration\/\" title=\"\u2018What If It Saves One Life?\u2019 Why Doesn\u2019t The Left\u2019s Logic Apply To Illegal Immigration?\">commit violent crimes<\/a><\/a>, including murder, and critics have noted that deceptive language might have &#8220;tricked&#8221; voters into supporting the measure.<\/p>\n<p>Shanahan&#8217;s record could hurt Kennedy with Republicans and conservative-leaning independents who are entertaining a vote for the independent candidate in November as an alternative to former president Donald Trump. Polls <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/what-the-polls-say-today-kennedy-hurts-biden-helps-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">already show<\/a> that Kennedy&#8217;s third<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/signs-hint-that-joe-manchin-could-be-preparing-for-potential-third-party-presidential-bid-report\/\" title=\"Joe Manchin may be considering a third-party presidential bid, according to reports.\">-party presidential bid<\/a> will likely hurt President Joe Biden more than Trump, and a <em>Washington Post<\/em> analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/07\/20\/robert-kennedy-jr-polls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a> Republicans of trying to &#8220;elevate&#8221; Kennedy to hurt Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Shanahan&#8217;s support for Kennedy first drew attention last month after she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/12\/us\/politics\/nicole-shanahan-rfk-super-bowl-ad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the <em>New York Times<\/em> that she invested <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?202402209622116972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$4 million<\/a> in a $7 million Super Bowl ad that likened Kennedy to his uncle, former president John F. Kennedy. Since last year, she has maxed out her contributions to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&#8217;s campaign committee.\t<\/p>\n<p>The attorney has been a Democratic megadonor for years, backing Hillary Clinton in 2016 and giving more than $30,000 to Biden in 2020 after donating to Marianne Williamson. She is also a frequent donor to Silicon Valley Democratic congressman Ro Khanna, federal campaign records <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/individual-contributions\/?contributor_name=nicole+shanahan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shanahan first snagged headlines after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/elon-musk-affair-sergey-brin-wife-divorce-11658674840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> report<\/a> that her marriage to Brin ended in 2022 because she had allegedly an affair with Tesla founder Elon Musk\u2014a report that both Shanahan and Musk denied.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicole Shanahan (Ian Tuttle\/Getty Images), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Rebecca Noble\/Getty Images) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday named one of his donors, Bay Area attorney Nicole Shanahan, as his running mate. Shanahan helped bankroll progressive Los Angeles district attorney George Gasc\u00f3n&#8217;s (D.) campaign and backed some of California&#8217;s major soft-on-crime policies. Shanahan, the 38-year-old<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1604,"featured_media":2206769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MixCollage-26-Mar-2024-03-33-PM-6963.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2206768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MixCollage-26-Mar-2024-03-33-PM-6963.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206768","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\/1604"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2206769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}