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John,
All month, we’ve been highlighting the scariest billionaires buying our elections and our democracy. Now it’s time to vote! This Halloween, who will win the honor of our Scariest Billionaire? Vote today!
Will it be our blood-sucking vampire Peter Thiel who has donated more than $30 million to super PACs backing right-wing candidates and who wants to inject himself with the blood of young people to make himself live longer?[1][2]
Or our swamp monsters Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein who have donated nearly $200 million to right-wing candidates and causes to maintain our rigged tax system and who benefited massively from the ultra-swampy Trump Tax Scam for the rich and corporations, which has already saved the Uihleins hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes?[3][4]
What about our ghost, Jeffrey Yass, who in addition to spending $30 million bankrolling Republican super PACs this election cycle just made the largest-ever crypto donation worth $1.9 million to another right-wing super PAC.[5][6]
Or, finally, our werewolf, Ken Griffin, who is the second largest Republican donor this election cycle to right-wing super PACs and dark money groups, having donated more than $58 million.[7] Griffin is hungry for power and is using his fortune to bankroll candidates who will keep his taxes low.
Vote today and tell us who is your Scariest Billionaire buying our elections and our democracy!
Together, we’re letting the American people know exactly who is behind the massive campaign spending to influence our votes and buy our democracy.
Andrea Haverdink
Digital Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund
[1] “Report: Billionaires Buying Elections,” Americans for Tax Fairness, July 13, 2022
[2] “Peter Thiel wants to inject himself with young people’s blood,” Vanity Fair, Aug. 1, 2016
[3]“Club for Growth Floods Midterms with Billionaire Cash Threatening Our Democracy,” Americans for Tax Fairness, Sep. 21, 2022
[4] “Secret IRS Files Reveal How Much the Ultrawealthy Gained by Shaping Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Tax Cut,” ProPublica, Aug. 11, 2021
[5] “Billionaire backer feels 'deceived' by Josh Hawley over election objections,” The Guardian, Jan. 18, 2021
[6] “Billionaire Quant Trader Donated a Record $1.9M of Bitcoin to a Super PAC,” Yahoo!, Oct. 26, 2022
[7] 2022 Top Donors to Outside Spending Groups, OpenSecrets
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