Biden Campaign Slams Donald Trump For Donors’ Controversial Record on Race

The who’s who of wealthy MAGA Billionaires are reportedly heading to Palm Beach, Fla. this weekend for a massive fundraiser for former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, hosted by hedge fund founder John Paulson.

According to CNN News and other reports, notable fundraiser guests will include Robert and Rebekah Mercer, Robert “Woody” Johnson, Wilbur Ross, John Catsimatidis, and Todd Rickets.

While they all share their passion for another Trump presidency, another bond connects some of Trump’s most avid supporters. Over the last several years, many of them have landed in hot water for allegedly controversial statements and actions related to race.

Billionaire Robert “Woody” Johnson is a prime example. In 2020, CNN reported that Johnson, a top donor who was serving as Trump’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, was being investigated by a State Department watchdog organization for racist comments about Black men.

Sources reportedly told CNN News that ahead of a Black History Month event, Johnson was agitated to have be around a “whole bunch of Black people” and said the “real challenge” for the Black community was Black fathers who didn’t want to stay with their families.

For his part, Johnson denied making “insensitive remarks.”

“I have followed the ethical rules and requirements of my office at all times. These false claims of insensitive remarks about race and gender are totally inconsistent with my longstanding record and values,” he tweeted from his then-account.

Johnson isn’t the only guest with a controversial story. Hedge Fund billionaire Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah Mercer have come under fire for their multi-billion dollar investment in Breitbart, whose founder Steve Bannon called the website “a platform for the alt-right.” Paulson, who is reportedly throwing the event, also faced criticism after he denounced his daughter’s school for teaching about racism, arguing that they were engaging in “anti-white indoctrination. 

Then there are folks like John Catsimatidis, who said it was “reverse racism” that Black Americans voted for former President Barack Obama in large numbers. And Wilbur Ross, who came under fire for reportedly attending an annual secret society dinner where in year past, a guest wore on a confederate flag hat and danced around to the “Tune of Dixie.”

For their part, The Biden campaign blasted the fundraiser in an exclusive response to The Root.

“Donald Trump is holding a dinner with a few of his closest billionaire friends who danced around wearing the Confederate flag, advocated for stop and frisk, and said it was ‘racist’ for Black voters to support President Obama,” said Biden-Harris Campaign Senior Spokesperson Sarafina Chitika. “This is more of what we’ve already seen from Trump, who smeared Barack Obama, dined alongside a white supremacist, said there were ‘very fine people’ on both sides of a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, and spent his time as a landlord screwing Black tenants out of housing. Black voters are watching as Trump is making it clear who he is and who he’ll fight for if he’s given a second term – and it isn’t them.”