Warren Buffett is ready for Hillary … but not when it’s a super PAC.
In a recent interview with CNN Money, the billionaire businessman and enthusiastic Hillary Clinton supporter admitted to donating $25,000 to Ready for Hillary last year but insisted that he did not know it was a super PAC at the time.
“It’s a good one because I did not know it was a super PAC,” explained Buffett, who has been vehemently against super PACs. “They had a maximum which was $25,000. I think of super PACs as these things with hundreds of thousands or millions in them. I did not know it was a super PAC.”
“I am not for super PACs,” he added.
Buffett also insisted that he would never “write a huge check” in support of Hillary.
Umm … $25,000 isn’t a huge check?
“I would go out and raise money for her,” Buffett explained. “I’d be delighted to do that and I would hope to do it.”
He called the thought of unlimited campaign spending “counter to our ideas of democracy,” asserting that elections should not be decided by the “super rich” like himself.
“You can’t blame anybody. I mean, if you pour your heart and soul into running for election and your opponent is outspending you, obviously it’s very tempting to take a very big check from somebody who has a special interest, but I think it is counter to our ideas of democracy to allow unlimited campaign contributions,” said Buffett.
On the topic of Hillary Clinton’s e-mails, the billionaire insisted that his view of the former secretary of State hasn’t changed and that he cares more about “what she believes in and her ability to get what she believes in turned into law.”
H/T Mediaite
