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Wed Aug 10, 2016, 12:55 PM Aug 2016

Hillary Clinton is raking in millions from GOP donors [View all]

Source: Business Insider

A surprising number of people who donated to former Republican primary candidates are jumping ship to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton rather than giving money to her rival, Donald Trump.

Donors who contributed $200 or more to the campaigns of Jeb Bush, John Kasich, Chris Christie, and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina are overwhelmingly more likely to also have donated to Clinton than Trump, according to a New York Times report.

In some cases, the disparity is pronounced. Of the 397 donors to Jeb Bush, who switched to another candidate, 303 of them donated to Clin

All in all, Clinton has received $2.2 million from donors to Republican candidates, more than $600,000 than Trump, according to The Times' report, citing Federal Elections Commission filings through June.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/republican-primary-donors-jump-ship-to-clinton-over-trump-2016-8




Yes, wealthy right-wingers DO want to keep their money, Trump would find a way to either lose it for them or steal it.
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