California billionaire Meg Whitman among GOP speakers Monday at Democratic convention
California billionaire Meg Whitman, a Republican who spent $144 million of her own wealth on an unsuccessful run for governor a decade ago, endorsed Joe Biden for president at the Democratic National Convention on Monday.
Whitman was among four Republicans, including former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who spoke at the nationally televised virtual convention. The move is not entirely surprising since in 2016, Whitman compared then-candidate Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, andAt the time, the major GOP donor said she felt she had to put country before party because of how dangerous she felt Trump’s candidacy was for the nation.
“I would not in a million years have imagined seeing Meg Whitman at a Democratic convention, but I also never imagined I’d be buying extra stamps to try and save the postal service in the midst of a global pandemic,” said Sterling Clifford, who served as Jerry Brown’s campaign spokesman in the 2010 race against Whitman. “The world is full of surprises, I guess.
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