After Hours: The Big Money Donors Behind Trump and Harris
Full Measure After Hours
Sharyl Attkisson
5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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From Elon Musk to cryptocurrency, we find out the big names and interests behind the Trump and Harris campaigns in 2024.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everybody, Cheryl Aghison here. Welcome to another edition of Full Measure After Hours. Today, the big money donors behind Trump and Harris. |
| 0:15.8 | In today's podcast, we dig in to look at the big money donors behind Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, |
| 0:23.1 | from Elon Musk to cryptocurrency interest. |
| 0:26.8 | There are some fascinating big names and even more fascinating corporations and industries |
| 0:32.3 | behind the Trump and Harris campaigns in 2024. |
| 0:35.8 | Our expert we're speaking with who's tracking all of this |
| 0:38.3 | is Anna Masolia from Open Secrets. |
| 0:45.8 | Well, we're really seeing more money than ever flowing into U.S. elections in 2024, |
| 0:50.7 | where the presidential race is really dominating and attracting record sums of money. |
| 0:55.3 | It's becoming the most expensive race in U.S. history. |
| 0:58.2 | But we're also seeing money going into super PACs, into down-ballot races, Senate and House races as well. |
| 1:03.4 | Let's talk about some key figures. |
| 1:06.0 | When I looked, I was surprised to find there was no Elon Musk donation top on the list, but that's probably about to change. |
| 1:13.3 | What is the Elon Musk factor? |
| 1:15.5 | Elon Musk has really been a game changer for this election cycle. |
| 1:18.4 | Just a few months ago, he pledged to put $45 million a month into a super PAC called America PAC that he created. |
| 1:24.9 | We are just now getting those numbers in where we've seen him give |
| 1:28.2 | about $75 million at this point, but more is likely to come in over the final weeks of the election |
| 1:32.7 | cycle. And that's for Trump? Yes, that's correct. So that's for a super PAC supporting Trump. |
| 1:37.2 | How has that changed? You said that's sort of been a game changer. How has the Elon Musk donation |
| 1:42.3 | specifically changed things? |
| 1:50.4 | The amount that Musk has given puts him among the top donors of the election cycle out of nowhere. |
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