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An English rock star not fond of COVID-19 lockdowns, a left-wing film director who has come under fire for his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and a billionaire security firm founder with ties to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
Money doesn't lie, either. Between July and September, Kennedy raked in an impressive $8.7 million in campaign donations. That's $470,000 more than the third quarter haul for ex-United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, who at 8.3% polls third among Republican presidential hopefuls. During that same period, it's also $758,000 more combined than contributions to both Sen. Tim Scott and former Vice President Mike Pence — whose campaigns have struggled to gain traction.
Meanwhile, de Becker has made donations through the years to the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein , the Democratic National Committee, Sen. Mazie Hirono , and ex-Sen. Al Franken , who resigned over sexual misconduct allegations. He's also given to Sen. Ron Johnson , as well as the 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns for ex-Rep. Ron Paul , 2008 campaign for later-President Barack Obama, and 2020 Democratic presidential campaign for Andrew Yang — who has since left the party.
Kennedy also took $6,600 in late June from Wall Street veteran executive Omeed Malik, who reportedly took the candidate to a ritzy private dinner in Las Vegas at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino that featured political world movers and shakers, including Hillary Clinton, ex-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, ex-United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, ex-Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn, and Democratic megadonor Marc Lasry.
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