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In reply to the discussion: A hearty "FUCK YOU" to anyone who helped bigots and fascists capture the Supreme Court. [View all]PufPuf23
(9,918 posts)The Adelsons gave over $500 million to the GOP going back to 1991.
Political activities in the United States
In May 2024, New York magazine stated that the press often misreported Miriam's political donations as having been made by Sheldon. The magazine tabulated that during their marriage, Sheldon made 848 campaign donations and Miriam made 717. Sheldon had a lifetime total donation figure of $273 million, while as of the publishing of their profile, Miriam had a total of $284 million.[6]
Miriam Adelson has been described by major news outlets, including Reuters and Bloomberg, as a significant financial supporter of pro-Israel political causes in the United States, contributing substantial funding to Republican-aligned political initiatives and organizations supporting U.S.Israel relations.[27] She has also contributed tens of millions of dollars to Republican-aligned Super PACs in recent election cycles aimed at maintaining the partys influence in Congress, according to reporting by Bloomberg and federal campaign finance disclosures.[28][29] Miriam Adelson made her first substantive political donations shortly after her marriage to Sheldon, in 1991. She soon switched her support from Democratic candidates to Republicans. The Adelsons were notably early donors to Benjamin Netanyahu in his 1996 campaign for Prime Minister of Israel and also gave some money to the second inauguration of George W. Bush in 2005.[6]
Following the 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. FEC, Adelson dramatically increased the size of her political donations.[6] She was the top female donor in the 2012 United States elections, contributing as much as the next 15 female donors combined, a total of $46 million.[8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Adelson
Might want to add AIPAC and other rightwing donors to the GOP Congress as well.
How Israel chose to respond in Gaza is what has split the Democratic Party and lost Congress and the POTUS in 2024. POTUS Biden favoring a two-state solution and on providing limits on arms and how used is IMO why POTUS Biden was hounded from office. Trump is the best POTUS ever to Netanyahu and his supporters.