Wall Street billionaire and longtime Democratic donor Bill Ackman has catapulted into the spotlight in recent months by pushing back against people and policies championed by the Democrats.

Once a strong ally of former President Barack Obama, Ackman has moved on to slamming President Joe Biden for his age and more progressive institutions such as Harvard University, where he is a major donor, for responses to the Israel-Hamas war — a sign that once-prominent Democratic allies are trending away from the party over schisms in policy and morals.

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