Timothy Mellon, a Republican megadonor who has also backed former President Donald Trump, has donated another $10 million to the pro-Kennedy super PAC, American Values 2024. Mellon, an heir to the Mellon banking fortune, gave a total of $15 million to the group in 2023. He separately donated $10 million to Make America Great Again Inc., a pro-Trump super PAC, in the second half of 2023.
Gavin de Becker, who leads Kennedy’s private security team, donated $5.5 million to American Values 2024 in October; he has given a total of $10 million to the pro-Kennedy super PAC. His security firm, Gavin de Becker and Associates, has been paid $1.5 million by Kennedy’s campaign. De Becker has reportedly provided security for A-list celebrities like Cher and John Travolta as well as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
I think, when you’re taking about rich people, they tend to make investments they expect to be lucrative. That’s my own little razor in the sense of Occam’s Razor: in the absence of any other clear motivation, the most likely reason for a rich person to do anything is to make money.
So I appreciate your optimistic appraisal of the situation, but I remain steadfastly cynical about their motivations.
One does not seek power out of benevolence, but I absolutely agree the whole charade has been bought and paid for.