MAGA Billionaires, American Values 24 super PAC, & Controversial Celebrities Funding RFK, Jr.

When considering whose presidential campaign will be most impacted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign, it's important to keep an eye on the money and take a look at some of RFK's major donors. While small donations come in from across the country, it's the combination of MAGA billionaires, American Values ​​2024 and a small band of controversial celebrities that provides the most juice.

In a Rolling Stone story in late February titled “Meet the big money moguls behind RFK's bid to unseat Biden,” Adam Rawnsley reported that Kennedy's “The independent presidential campaign is being promoted by wealthy supporters of Donald Trump, venture capitalists, conservative Hollywood types and other celebrities.”

American Values ​​2024 (av24.org) is the main super PAC supporting Kennedy. Adam Rawnsley reported: “The group spent $7 million on a 30-second Super Bowl commercial that hyped Kennedy's bid. It used recycled jingles and footage from the late President John F. Kennedy's campaign, sparking outrage from the Kennedy clan and an apology from RFK.”

According to Rawnsley “American Values ​​2024 has raised $38 million so far, and its top donor is longtime Republican financier Timothy Mellon. Mellon, the scion of famed banking magnate Andrew Mellon, has donated millions of dollars to conservative candidates over the years, including $15 million in donations to MAGA Inc, the leading pro-Trump super PAC this election cycle.”

Another major donor is financier Omeed Malik, “who has donated to both Republicans and Democrats over the years. [and] leads an anti-woke investment fixed financing Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson's new media company.

Former Papa John's Pizza CEO John Schnatter, a longtime anti-Obama and anti-Affordable Care Act activist, donated $6,600 to Team Kennedy.

Kennedy's recently appointed vice president, Nicole Shanahan, a Bay Area lawyer and philanthropist who was married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, has already donated millions to the American Values ​​2024 super PAC.

Then there are the so-called celebrities, including ““Rick Salomon, the high-stakes poker player made famous by his sex tape with Paris Hilton, is pouring some of his winnings into Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s independent presidential campaign,” the Daily Dot's Katherine Huggins recently reported (https:/ /www.dailydot.com/). ://www.dailydot.com/debug/rick-salomon-rfk-jr-2024-paris-hilton/). Salomon was married twice to actress Pamela Anderson and has won more than $9 million playing poker.

“That was leaked [Hilton] “The tape was originally filmed in 2001 and leaked onto the Internet in 2003,” Huggins pointed out. “About a year after its release, Salomon began distributing the tape itself through an adult film company.”

As Huggins reported, the 70-year-old Kennedy, Who is one of Robert F. Kennedy? and Ethyl Kennedy 11 children, “has sparked backlash – including from his family— over his previous false claim that COVID-19 targeted people based on their race and the spread of anti-vaccine misinformation. Kennedy also linked unfounded Antidepressants for school shootings and gender dysphoria for exposure to a herbicide.”

Salomon has now joined a list of celebrities supporting Kennedy Jr.'s campaign: “YouTuber Jake Paul, who quietly gave Kennedy $3,300; Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who was released as a possible choice for vice president; Actor Woody Harrelson, who dressed an RFK hat in August; and guitarist Eric Clapton, who works with Kennedy in addition to fundraising“I attempted to donate $5,000 (the donation is not permitted because Clapton is not a U.S. citizen),” Huggins noted.

On Thursday, April 11, the quiet part came true when NBC News' Summer Concepcion, Ben Kamisar and Katherine Koretski reported: “A campaign staffer for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s independent presidential bid was fired after a recent video circulated in which she spoke about preventing President Joe Biden's re-election by trying to shift the race to the House of Representatives. to potentially elect former President Donald Trump (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rfk-jr-campaign-fires-new-york-staffer-said-defeating-biden-was-no- 1-p-rcna147341).

“Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, campaign manager and daughter-in-law of RFK Jr., said in a Wednesday evening post to 'she gave an inaccurate job title and described a conversation that didn't materialize.'”