Sheldon And Miriam Adelson Gave Mitch McConnell's Super PAC $25 Million

[TomCADem]

Source: HuffPost

Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, donated a combined $25 million to a super PAC dedicated to keeping Republicans in control of the U.S. Senate, according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission.

Sheldon and Miriam Adelson each cut $12.5 million checks to the Senate Leadership Fund, which is controlled by allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, on June 15. The donations helped the group raise more than $30 million in June, giving it more than $97 million in cash on hand.

Senate Democratic candidates are outraising their Republican counterparts and raking in huge sums nearly across the board, but Adelson’s donation highlights how the two major outside groups charged with keeping the Senate in Republican hands have kept pace with their Democratic counterparts in the money chase, which could prove crucial as Republicans struggle to defend their 53-47 majority in Congress’s upper chamber.

“SLF has already placed the largest fall reservation in our organization’s history as we fight to defend our majority, and this month’s fundraising haul is an important down payment on that activity,” said Steven Law, the group’s president.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sheldon-adelson-gave-mitch-mcconnells-super-pac-25-million_n_5f161dbcc5b651977c056284

[jrthin]

1. Calling Mr. Bloomberg. nt

[zentrum]

6. Yep. He said he would.

Said he'd spend 1B to get Rump out. Where is he now?

If he'd fund good ads he could even effect the way Covid19 is being fought—thereby saving our economy from a second shut down. He could really help.

Crickets.

[saidsimplesimon]

14. "Where is he now?"

I hope Mr. Bloomberg is "holding fire" for maximum impact in November.

[zentrum]

17. Then he should work right now to...

…..help defeat McConnell and the Repug dominated Senate so Biden won't be hobbled as Obama was.

Besides, November will be too late if we get a second surge (which we're on track for). The economy will be too wrecked to save no matter what Biden does.

Bloomberg should act to effect Covid19 policies right now as much as he can.

He has more billions than he knows what to do with. Why save it until it's too late?

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. 25 million?

That’s real money.

There ought to be a law against it.

[NCjack]

7. More taxes on the rich and casinos. nt.

[lagomorph777]

13. How much is that in Roubles?

[C Moon]

3. I hope more than ever now that McConnell loses.

It will be AWESOME to see jackasses throw away millions like that!

[Texin]

4. Well, of course they did...because of course.

[Leghorn21]

5. Hey, you filthy fucks

Why do you hate America?

[groundloop]

8. Because...... GREED.

GOPers, in my view, don't inherently 'hate' America. It's just that they put their greed above all else and end up doing things that hurt the country. Since it's personally helping them they see their actions as justified.

In the words of John Kenneth Galbraith:

“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”

[Tech]

9. How much do you think they saved when taxes for the rich were restructured? I would guess

a lot more than $25 million.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. If it's Free Speech how come I can't put in my $25 million too?

[2naSalit]

11. My, my, my. Imagine that.

[Dustlawyer]

12. This is why we need publicly funded elections. It should not be a battle of billionaires

who then are owed favors for their support!

[VA_Jill]

15. Kinda OT but

WHY isn't Sheldon Adelson dead already? He supposedly has pancreatic cancer and he's at least 6 days older than dirt.

[saidsimplesimon]

16. "A fool and his money are soon parted."

A message for Las Vegas and Tel-Aviv.