Former New York City mayor and billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg became the second-largest individual donor to Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign after George Soros, following a reported $50 million donation to the main super PAC funding the vice president’s campaign.
Bloomberg donated nearly $20 million over the summer to support President Biden’s re-election campaign, but he conspicuously held out any donations to Harris after she replaced Biden on the Democratic Party’s ticket.
However, amid pressure from fellow billionaires, Bloomberg did finally cut a check to support Harris, according to The New York Times, which reportedly spoke with four people who are familiar with the donation.
The $50 million went to Future Forward USA Action, the main dark money super PAC that is supporting Harris.
Prior to Harris taking over the ticket, Future Forward was the main political action committee supporting Biden.
Bloomberg’s donation follows another $50 million donation to Future Forward from Bill Gates.
