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pbmus

(12,422 posts) Mon Apr 16, 2018, 03:52 PM Apr 2018

GOP mega donor jumps ship....!

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GOP mega donor jumps ship....! (Original Post) pbmus Apr 2018 OP

Let the floodgates open! Mme. Defarge Apr 2018 #1

"...begins donating to Democratis." :) Hortensis Apr 2018 #2

For those at work, with Twitter blocked... Staph Apr 2018 #3

Mme. Defarge

(8,034 posts)

1. Let the floodgates open!

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 03:54 PM

Apr 2018

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

2. "...begins donating to Democratis." :)

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 03:57 PM

Apr 2018

"Former GOP donor says he's using tax-cut money to fight Trump admin policies, elect Dems"

Hope to see a lot more of this kind of awakening. Not just rats leaving a sinking ship for their yachts.

Staph

(6,251 posts)

3. For those at work, with Twitter blocked...

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 04:56 PM

Apr 2018

There's a link to an article from The Hill -- http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/383309-gop-donor-says-hes-using-tax-cut-money-to-fight-trump-admin

Obligatory first four paragraphs:

A billionaire hedge fund manager and former major GOP donor is tearing into Republicans, saying he is planning to use money from the GOP tax cuts to elect Democrats.

“I received a tax cut I neither need nor want,” Seth Klarman told The Boston Globe.

“I’m choosing to invest it to fight the administration’s flawed policies and to elect Democrats to the Senate and House of Representatives.”

Klarman said Republicans in Congress have failed to hold President Trump accountable. He added that GOP lawmakers have "abandoned their historic beliefs and values."

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