Will Joe Ricketts' racist emails affect his political clout? Don't be too sure

[Judi Lynn]

By Roseann Moring
and Joseph Morton / World-Herald staff writers
Feb 9, 2019 Updated 4 hrs ago 3


THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Billionaire Republican donor Joe Ricketts has battled the policies of former President Barack Obama. He helped reinstate Nebraska’s death penalty. And he helped get his son elected governor.

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But now that his reputation has been tarnished by his recently leaked racist emails, will his money become too toxic for skittish politicians to take?

Don’t be too sure, says political scientist Kevin Smith.

“The bottom line is, money is the mother’s milk of politics,” Smith said. “And if you have money to give away, usually there’s someone to take it.”

And Joe Ricketts, 77, certainly has political money to spend. He’s one of the nation’s top 11 donors to super PACs, putting him in the league of well-known donors such as casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and hedge fund founder George Soros.

The Washington Post reported in October that those top 11 donors have contributed $1 billion since the 2010 inception of super PACs, political groups that can spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections. The total amounted to one-fifth of all PAC funds collected.

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[Liberalhammer]

1. Racist emails

Only help rethugs. It wont hurt him a bit, only help.

[MosheFeingold]

2. What did he say?