A New Group of Mega-Donors Now Holds Influence Over the GOP Thanks to Trump
Former President Donald Trump speaks during the final day of the Conservative Political Action Conference held at the Hyatt Regency Orlando on Sunday, February 28, 2021, in Orlando, Florida.
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Wesley Barnett was just as surprised as anyone to learn from news reports that the Jan. 6 Trump rally that turned into a violent assault on the U.S. Capitol was funded by Julia Jenkins Fancelli, an heiress to the fortune of the popular Publix supermarket chain. But Barnett had extra cause for being startled: Fancelli is his aunt.
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Wesley Barnett was just as surprised as anyone to learn from news reports that the January 6 Trump rally that turned into a violent assault on the U.S. Capitol was funded by Julia Jenkins Fancelli, an heiress to the fortune of the popular Publix supermarket chain. But Barnett had extra cause for being startled: Fancelli is his aunt.
Barnett said he was at a loss to explain how his aunt â who isn t on social media, lives part time in Italy and keeps a low profile in their central Florida town â got mixed up with the likes of Alex Jones and Ali Alexander, the right-wing provocateurs who were VIPs at the Jan. 6 rally in front of the White House.
Caitlyn Jenner blasts Pelosi & Newsom as ‘elitists’ for violating lockdown in first campaign ad for California Governor
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CAITLYN Jenner has blasted Nancy Pelosi and Gavin Newsom as elitists for violating lockdown in her first campaign ad for California Governor.
Jenner hits out at the high-profile Democrats during her first campaign advert that was released on Tuesday.
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Meanwhile, Governor Newsom was dining inside at a French restaurantCredit: FOX 11 LA This past year has redefined our career politicians as elitists, Jenner said while speaking over clips of the politicians flaunting Covid restrictions.
In the second, Governor Gavin Newsom was seen dining indoors without a mask at a French restaurant last year.
Five Points On The Recall Effort Dogging Gov. Gavin Newsom In California Gov. Gavin Newsom (TPM Illustration/Getty Images) May 3, 2021 3:56 p.m.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is staring down a recall effort that will likely lead to an election for his political survival sometime before the end of the year.
Organizers have collected over 1.6 million verified signatures to get the recall on the ballot, surpassing the roughly 1.5 million they needed. There are still months of procedural hoops to jump through, but it seems certain that this effort won’t die on the vine like its predecessors.
Here’s a quick and dirty guide to how Newsom landed himself in such hot water.
Not one of California’s previous celebrity lawmakers succeeded on fame alone, but rather came with actual political experience and advisors, columnist Mark Z. Barabak says.