Melinda French Gates says she made a 'substantial' donation to the Harris-Walz campaign

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Source: Yahoo! News/Business Insider

Wed, September 11, 2024 at 5:25 PM EDT


After making her first-ever presidential endorsement this spring, billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates said she made a "substantial" donation to Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign, Vanity Fair reported.

When French Gates was still a part of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which she cofounded with her ex-husband Bill Gates, she generally avoided wading into partisan causes. She has given money to Republicans and Democrats alike, but determined that a second term with former President Donald Trump "would be dangerous" for reproductive rights in particular.

In fact, French-Gates, who focuses in large part on women's and reproductive rights, referenced abortion when she endorsed Harris in a post on X. In May, she committed to spending $1 billion through 2026 to groups working for women, families, and reproductive rights.

French-Gates, who is worth nearly $11 billion, did not specify how much she had donated to the Harris-Walz campaign. But her support extends beyond a a direct financial contribution — French-Gates said that she has also offered to host events. The vice president and French Gates have met on multiple occasions, even sitting together at a state dinner. French Gates described them as "like-minded on many issues."

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[Irish_Dem]

1. Powerful women uniting to fight the good fight.

Fighting to make sure women have equal rights in our society.

[BlueKota]

2. When they come for one of us

they come for all of us. Glad to see women banding together.

We won't go back like Vice President Harris says, and like the late Helen Reddy and Ray Burton wrote in the song "I Am Woman," "cause I've heard it all before when I've been down there on the floor, no one's ever going to keep me down again."

[anciano]

3. Great news!

Women's rights will be "the" issue in Roevember.

[Voltaire2]

4. Good. Bill thinks he's above politics.

Glad somebody better is in control of a substantial portion of the wealth he extracted.

[rubbersole]

5. Bill pissed her off when he went to Epstine's island.

Oopsie.