{"id":1029570,"date":"2024-02-12T03:11:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T03:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1029570"},"modified":"2024-05-20T03:15:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T03:15:10","slug":"dnc-statement-on-rfk-jr-s-trump-megadonor-backed-super-pac-spending-millions-on-an-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-rfk-jr-s-trump-megadonor-backed-super-pac-spending-millions-on-an-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on RFK Jr.\u2019s Trump Megadonor-Backed Super PAC Spending Millions on an Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to RFK Jr.\u2019s Trump donor-fueled super PAC burning through $7 million on an ad tonight following an <\/em>FEC complaint<\/em><\/a> filed against them for illegal coordination with his campaign, <\/em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fitting that the first national ad promoting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s candidacy was bought and paid for by Donald Trump\u2019s largest donor this cycle. RFK Jr. is nothing more than a Trump stalking horse in this race.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The RFK Jr.-aligned super PAC American Values 2024 has received $15 million in donations from GOP megadonor and Trump backer Timothy Mellon.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cR.F.K.-Aligned Super PAC Draws Heavily From a Republican Megadonor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Financial Times<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump donor pours cash into Robert Kennedy Jr\u2019s White House run.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cHalf of that staggering cash haul [for RFK Jr. and American Values 2024] has come from two people. Timothy Mellon, a Republican megadonor who backed Donald Trump’s failed 2020 reelection campaign, has donated another $10 million to the pro-Kennedy super PAC, American Values 2024. Mellon, an heir to the Mellon banking fortune, has now given $15 million to the group so far.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mellon was helping to \u201ckeep the lights on for the Kennedy campaign\u201d and \u201cwas first inclined to give $5 million to R.F.K. because he thought he was a kooky Biden-botherer in the Democratic primary.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Examiner<\/a>: \u201cTimothy Mellon, a Republican megadonor and ex-chairman of the transportation-holding corporation Pan Am Systems. Mellon, the grandson of banking tycoon Andrew Mellon, gave $5 million in April to American Values 2024, a super PAC supporting Kennedy, campaign finance disclosures show.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Puck<\/a>: \u201cMellon, I\u2019ve been told, is fascinated by presidential politics and was first inclined to give $5 million to R.F.K. because he thought he was a kooky Biden-botherer in the Democratic primary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mellon is also Trump’s biggest donor in the 2024 presidential campaign cycle.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cMellon, who is listed on the report as a self-employed investor, has contributed millions to Republican candidates and causes in the past, including a whopping $20 million to super PACs supporting former President Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cThe biggest donation by far [to a pro-Trump super PAC] came from Timothy Mellon, a transportation executive and heir to the Mellon banking fortune, who wrote a $10 million check.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to RFK Jr.\u2019s Trump donor-fueled super PAC burning through $7 million on an ad tonight following an FEC complaint filed against them for illegal coordination with his campaign, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:  \u201cIt\u2019s fitting that the first national ad promoting Robert F. 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