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In more normal times, there would be nothing particularly remarkable about this kind of high-priced fundraiser. Trump, however, is anything but a conventional Republican candidate. After all, he to remain in power despite losing the 2020 election for which he now faces charges.
Trump’s deep-pocketed and , doubtless are fully aware of his record, but nevertheless see fit to donate massive sums of money to a man who attempted to destroy the peaceful transfer of power that stands at the heart of our democracy.
Paulson and the other wealthy donors who attended Saturday night’s event must surely be aware that Trump sat idly by, watching on television as the January 6 attacks unfolded — requests that he call off his supporters for more than three hours and even turning a deaf ear to his aides and .
They may also know that since leaving the White House, Trump has celebrated the January 6 attackers, even starting many of his campaign rallies by playing asung by the “J6 Prison Choir.” They might have heard that he has vowed to those convicted of of the Capitol, which in some cases included assaulting police officers.
The effort to upend our democracy also involved violent groups like the right-wing, extremist , the leader of which has been convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection with his role in seeking to interfere with the peaceful handover of power on January 6.
None of that seems to have troubled these rich people — at least not enough to get them to forgo making massive donations to Trump’s presidential campaign. Their fundraiser came a little over a week after Democrats, including former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, held a star-studded fundraising event for incumbent President Joe Biden that raked in some $25 million.
If they’ve been paying attention, the wealthy donors at Saturday night’s fundraiser for Trump — who hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah, oil tycoon Harold Hamm and casino mogul Steve Wynn — might also be aware that in December, the Colorado Supreme Court that Trump had been “engaged in an insurrection.” And even though the US Supreme Court ultimately that Trump could remain on the 2024 ballot in Colorado, it did not overrule the state’s high court on the issue of Tru
