Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nephew of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, speaks to people from a wide spectrum, including coronavirus skeptics, gathered under the Victory Column in the city center to hear speeches during a protest against coronavirus-related restrictions and government policy on August 29, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
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Silicon Valley and Wall Street stars are indulging Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign.
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, SPAC king Chamath Palihapitiya, and hedge fund legend Bill Ackman have all shown support.
RFK Jr. has said that vaccines cause autism – and the White House recently blasted him for sharing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
Here's a list of high-profile people voicing support for RFK, Jr, who's currently polling in the mid-teens for the Democratic nomination, per FiveThirtyEight:
Billionaire investor and Pershing Square Capital Management CEO Bill Ackman – who's also endorsed JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon running for higher office – has repeatedly backed Kennedy on Twitter and donated $3,300 to his campaign in the second quarter, according to a Federal Election Commission filing.
Fisher Investments founder Ken Fisher donated $6,600, per the same filing.
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey told the "Breaking Points" podcast last month that he was backing Kennedy, who he said "has no fear in exploring topics that are a little bit controversial and in the future".
"SPAC king" Chamath Palihapitiya and PayPal founding exec David Sacks hosted a fundraiser for Kennedy last month. "The Establishment and [main stream media] will paint him with all kinds of labels so you don't give him a chance," Palihapitiya said after.
Ackman briefly condemned the controversial candidate – then claimed he'd "quickly jumped to conclusion based on a headline" and shared a Tweet where Kennedy said he'd been criticizing "ethnically targeted bioweapons", not spreading debunked anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
This isn't the first time parts of Wall Street and Silicon Valley have backed an anti-establishment firebrand.
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