Tonight, Donald Trump is holding a billionaire fundraiser to pay his mounting legal bills.
Here are some of the scammers, racists, and extremists funding Trump’s failing campaign.
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Trump donor John Paulson wants to cut Social Security and opposed financial regulations to protect Americans after the 2008 crash, which he profited off of
Trump donor Robert Bigelow complained he couldn’t evict tenants out of his buildings during the pandemic and supports Florida’s extreme Don’t Say Gay law
Trump donor John Catsimatidis compared taxes on the wealthy to Hitler killing Jews and his business has been forced to pay millions in lawsuits over unfair labor practices and consumer safety violations
Trump donor José “Pepe” Fanjul refused to fire his assistant who was married to (two!) KKK leaders, commenting via a company spokesperson that “we wouldn’t terminate them for that”
Trump donor Jamie McCourt pocketed over $10 million from her stock shares before public citizens were made aware of the pandemic’s severity, all while Trump played down the virus
Trump donor and failed GOP Senator Kelly Loeffler touted 2020 election lies, backed an anti-LGBTQ adoption agency, and supported ripping away health care from millions of Americans by repealing the Affordable Care Act
Trump donor Robert Mercer opposes the Civil Rights Act of 1964, calling it a major mistake, and believes the government is backwards for helping “weak people get strong”
Trump donor Jeff Yass has avoided $1 billion in taxes and wants to privatize Social Security
Trump donor Woody Johnson has repeatedly disparaged women for their looks and questioned why the Black community celebrates Black History Month
Trump donor Mike Hodges openly bragged about how his donations to Trump helped him fend off regulations so he could screw over working Americans and get rich
Trump donor Steve Wynn was accused by dozens of workers of sexual misconduct
Trump donor Todd Ricketts made his money screwing over retirees by shedding pension obligations and health care promises, and opposes the idea that the “government can serve to protect the public’s well-being”
Trump donor and oil baron Harold Hamm attacked scientists saying that “a lot of these things that are green are going to cost us a lot of money”
Trump donor Phil Ruffin fought against housekeepers trying to unionize at his Vegas hotel (jointly owned with Donald Trump) and furloughed more than 4,000 of his own employees without pay
Trump donor Wilbur Ross made his fortune laying off American workers and using bankruptcy to strip retirees of health benefits
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