Billionaire GOP donor and Trump supporter rejected Joe Biden request for Fundraising.

[Stellar]

https://www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/06/18/billionaire-trump-donor-says-he-rejected-joe-bidens-request-for-fundraising-help.html?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQA#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2019%2F06%2F18%2Fbillionaire-trump-donor-says-he-rejected-joe-bidens-request-for-fundraising-help.html

Democratic front runner Joe Biden on Monday appealed to a billionaire Republican donor for fundraising help in his presidential campaign.

But the financier, Trump-supporting New York supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis, declined.

The event at short seller Jim Chanos' home marked Biden's first fundraising visit to New York since he announced his candidacy for president.

Biden spoke to Catsimatidis, who has an estimated net worth of $3.1 billion, for about 10 minutes at a fundraiser held at the New York home of short seller Jim Chanos, according to the businessman. When Biden asked for his help, "I just smiled," Catsimatidis said.

More at the link.

[democratisphere]

1. First thing Joe Biden needs to do is take away Catsimatidis' drumpf supplied tax cut.

[True Blue American]

2. One billionaire does not matter

Many others are switching, backing Democrats.

I understand the Mercer money is missing this time. Koch’s are backing Democrats.

[CentralMass]

5. That those evil bastards are trying to buy Democrats is not a positive.

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[George II]

7. How is NOT helping Biden financially "trying to buy Democrats"?

[shanny]

8. Kochs are trying to BUY Democrats.

[Celerity]

9. Coming Soon to a Democratic Primary: Candidates Backed By Charles Koch

https://time.com/5602691/charles-koch-democratic-primaries/

The political arm of Charles Koch’s ambitious network is preparing to start playing in Democratic primaries for the Senate, House and local roles, according to a memo being sent Friday. The decision is the result of a gradual shift away from aggressive and conservative politics inside the deep-pocketed donor network and one more toward comity and compromise.

Several major donors had bristled at the partisan image built around the Koch network and have been lobbying leaders to get behind candidates that promote progress on issues like immigration reform, regardless of their party. The groups will try to find candidates from either party that commit to pieces of the Koch agenda.

The passage of the Koch-backed First Step Act, a massive rewrite of the criminal justice code, sparked many donors’ imaginations on what other goals could be accomplished if they shed the partisanship and found allies from across the spectrum as they did on the crime bill.

The Koch-backed Concerned Veterans for America and the liberal VoteVets have partnered to lobby for the revocation of the authorization of military force passed after the Sept. 11, 2011, terrorist attacks. And the Koch-backed LIBRE Initiative is working with the tech-powered FWD.us to change immigration laws.

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[shanny]

11. Criminal justice and immigration

are worthy causes. And have nothing to do with tax or regulatory policies, which is where the Kochs' libertarian interests truly lie.

I am and will remain deeply suspicious of any move these guys make, and any Ds they choose to back.

Somehow I doubt they feel they have enough power and wealth now.

[brooklynite]

12. They're not, and I've always hated this term...

It suggests that a candidate is malleable and open to a policy change whenever the money is right. If that was true, we could pass all our legislation simply by having a George Soros or Tom Steyer "buy" Republicans votes in the Senate.

Bottom line is: the Kochs are providing support to candidates who already agree with them on an issue.

[shanny]

13. OK. We'll go with your framing.

Kochs are trying to buy seats for "Democrats" who agree with them.

Totally different. And better.

[brooklynite]

17. ...and a democrat who accepted their money would have to explain why they did...

See how that works?

[oasis]

3. +1

[George II]

4. I wonder about some of the "facts" in this article...

"Catsimatidis donated more than $116,000 to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's efforts"?

That's illegal.

[ucrdem]

6. Seriously.

The source appears to be a tweet from Catsimatidis. Great reporting there.

[Jose Garcia]

15. Not if it was donated to a super pac rather than the campaign.

[stonecutter357]

10. good let's go Joe !

[robbedvoter]

14. First thing Biden needs to do i stop asking for $ from Trumpies

Then maybe stop asking Booker to apologize to him. Or the other way around, actually. Upon reading more - why was the trumpie at a Dem fundraiser anyway?

[Politicub]

16. Well, that's awkward.