Super PAC Supporting Biden Challenger Raises Over $10M
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Joe Biden is facing primary challenges.
A Super PAC supporting one of his primary opponents, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, has raised over $10.25 million.
A political action committee supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign has raised a total of $10.25 million, one of its leaders said on Monday, a signal that his long-shot challenge to President Biden has gained traction among donors, including many Republicans.
The precise level of fund-raising by the super PAC, American Values 2024, will not be known until later this month, when political action committees file midyear reports with the Federal Election Commission. But Tony Lyons, Mr. Kennedy’s publisher and the super PAC’s co-chair, said that the $10.25 million included two “very large” donations that each exceed $1 million, and that the contributions came from a “right down the middle” mix of Republicans and Democrats.
Mr. Kennedy, a 69-year-old environmental lawyer and prominent skeptic of vaccines and prescription medications, often cites contorted statistics and unfounded theories. He has gained a foothold in the race, even as he has railed against the Democratic Party, accused public health authorities of corruption and increasingly embraced conservative figures and causes.
Mr. Kennedy will not come close to summoning the kind of financial support that will flow to Mr. Biden, who as the incumbent has the might of the Democratic National Committee and a robust donor infrastructure behind him.
This comes after an influential Dem donor backed Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s calls for more debate on COVID vaccines.
An influential Democratic donor is backing presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s call for more debate on the COVID-19 vaccines.
In June, billionaire hedge fund investor Bill Ackman wrote in a long Twitter post that “the experts, the government, and conventional wisdom are often wrong.”
“When you are part of the establishment, it is hard to challenge the conventional wisdom. You are incentivized not to. And when your economic livelihood can be threatened by an alternative point of view or a new innovation, you are less likely to believe it or its viability,” he said.
