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But let's not talk about the overwhelming donations to Democrats? https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2020/11/05/cryptocurrency-ceo-donated-second-largest-amount-

But let's not talk about the overwhelming donations to Democrats? https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2020/11/05/cryptocurrency-ceo-donated-second-largest-amount-to-joe-bidens-campaign/ https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2020/11/05/cryptocurrency-c...

rhaway84773 4y ago
They have been talked about a lot. The news is that we are discovering that he wasn’t just funneling money to Democrats. Even his public money was weighted towards Democrats 2:1…it’s not like he was publicly only donating to Democrats, but now it appears that overall he probably donated equally to both parties.
sph 4y ago
It's mentioned right there in the friggin article. > The crypto entrepreneur was thought to be a big donor to Democrats but now acknowledges he gave equally to GOP
- hayd 4y ago
  He claims that he gave equally. Is there any evidence / corroboration?
  - Regnore 4y ago
    I agree that he’s not particularly trustworthy but what would be his motivation for lying here? I can’t come up with any.
    - tomjakubowski 4y ago
      If you believe Democratic politicians were in league with the fraud, this would be a way to deflect attention from that I guess. (to be clear, I don't believe that, and also see no reason he'd be lying. That doesn't mean there isn't one though - and he could also be lying for no reason)
    - UncleEntity 4y ago
      Well… His donations became a political hot potato so maybe they’re like “look, man, my hands are tied here so maybe if you can deflect some of this heat we can work something out.” Voila, millions of untraceable donations to the republicans.
  - janalsncm 4y ago
    Not in the article. Maybe he’s telling the truth this time but who knows. To me the bigger story is that he was able to give a million dollars in influence money at all, although I guess that shouldn’t be surprising.
moistly 4y ago
If you weren’t aware of the orgiastic frenzy over his donations to democrats… I dunno, you been living in a cave this past month? Posted seven times on HN: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=bankman%20democrats&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... I wonder, if I searched those threads, would I find your alias?

rhaway84773 4y ago

They have been talked about a lot. The news is that we are discovering that he wasn’t just funneling money to Democrats. Even his public money was weighted towards Democrats 2:1…it’s not like he was publicly only donating to Democrats, but now it appears that overall he probably donated equally to both parties.

sph 4y ago

It's mentioned right there in the friggin article. > The crypto entrepreneur was thought to be a big donor to Democrats but now acknowledges he gave equally to GOP

hayd 4y ago
He claims that he gave equally. Is there any evidence / corroboration?
- Regnore 4y ago
  I agree that he’s not particularly trustworthy but what would be his motivation for lying here? I can’t come up with any.
  - tomjakubowski 4y ago
    If you believe Democratic politicians were in league with the fraud, this would be a way to deflect attention from that I guess. (to be clear, I don't believe that, and also see no reason he'd be lying. That doesn't mean there isn't one though - and he could also be lying for no reason)
  - UncleEntity 4y ago
    Well… His donations became a political hot potato so maybe they’re like “look, man, my hands are tied here so maybe if you can deflect some of this heat we can work something out.” Voila, millions of untraceable donations to the republicans.
- janalsncm 4y ago
  Not in the article. Maybe he’s telling the truth this time but who knows. To me the bigger story is that he was able to give a million dollars in influence money at all, although I guess that shouldn’t be surprising.

moistly 4y ago

If you weren’t aware of the orgiastic frenzy over his donations to democrats… I dunno, you been living in a cave this past month? Posted seven times on HN: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=bankman%20democrats&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... I wonder, if I searched those threads, would I find your alias?