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applegrove

(130,771 posts)
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 04:57 PM 22 hrs ago

This billionaire got blowback I bet you. He fell out of his bubble on this issue and it wasn't pretty.

MAGA Billionaire Donates $10K to Slain Nurse’s Family
PAYING BOTH SIDES
Harry Thompson
News Reporter

Published 01.26.26 10:28AM EST

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-billionaire-bill-ackman-donates-10k-to-slain-nurse-alex-prettis-family/


A MAGA billionaire who gave $10,000 to the shooter of Renee Good has donated the same amount to the family of slain nurse Alex Pretti. Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman came under fire in January after he donated funds to Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot and killed 37-year-old mom-of-three Good. Pretti was shot dead in Minneapolis on Saturday as he protested ICE’s presence in the city, with a GoFundMe in his name having surpassed $1 million at the time of writing. Of that pot, $10,000 is reported by The Wall Street Journal to have come from Pershing Square founder Ackman, who previously claimed he had also tried to give money to Good’s family, following her shooting on Jan. 7, ”but it was already closed as it had achieved its $1.5 million fundraising objective,” he said. “My purpose in supporting Ross and attempting to support Good was not to make a political statement,” Ackman said previously. “I was simply continuing my longstanding commitment to assisting those accused of crimes of providing for their defense.”
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This billionaire got blowback I bet you. He fell out of his bubble on this issue and it wasn't pretty. (Original Post) applegrove 22 hrs ago OP
His gift to the bastard was a gift not anything else. Klarkashton 22 hrs ago #1
Yes. Maybe he be infamous for the gift to Ross. applegrove 22 hrs ago #2
Bothsider capitalist? C_U_L8R 22 hrs ago #3
Hedges his bets all right. Kid Berwyn 22 hrs ago #4
"My purpose in supporting Ross and trying to support Good was not to make a political statement" maxrandb 22 hrs ago #5

C_U_L8R

(49,053 posts)
3. Bothsider capitalist?
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 05:02 PM
22 hrs ago

Truth is, Ackman just wants cover for all his other heinous ‘investments’

Kid Berwyn

(23,442 posts)
4. Hedges his bets all right.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 05:05 PM
22 hrs ago

William Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management think he's "worth" 9 billion.

maxrandb

(17,226 posts)
5. "My purpose in supporting Ross and trying to support Good was not to make a political statement"
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 05:18 PM
22 hrs ago

See Bill....that's the fucking problem. You sure as fuck did make a political statement.

You have about $9B more ways than I do to "make a political statement" (according to the courts ruling about money being speech), but I have the fucking soul to differentiate between good and evil and fascism and freedom.

Bill, this....this is why you can't go out in public without a massive private security force. It's not because people want to steal your money, it's because you're a fucking asshole with a soul rotted to it's core.

Shove your $10K up your ass.

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