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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Thu Nov 2, 2017, 07:58 PM Nov 2017

Robert Mercer Sells Stake In Breitbart News, Recants Support For Milo Yiannopoulos

Robert Mercer Sells Stake In Breitbart News, Recants Support For Milo Yiannopoulos
The conservative donor sold his stake to his daughters.
By Igor Bobic 11/02/2017 12:30 pm ET Updated 5 hours ago

Billionaire investor and conservative donor Robert Mercer announced Thursday he is stepping down from his role as co-CEO of Renaissance Technologies, a major hedge fund firm, and that he is selling his stake in the website Breitbart News to his daughters.

The announcement follows several exposes ― from BuzzFeed News and Think Progress ― highlighting Breitbart’s ties to white nationalists and neo-Nazis.

In a letter to employees, Mercer said he wanted to set the record straight because he had become “the object of a great deal of scrutiny from the press.” He added that he found discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, or gender ”abhorrent.”

Mercer specifically took aim at far-right troll and former Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos, saying he “was mistaken to have supported him, and for several weeks have been in the process of severing all ties with him.”

While Mercer has decided to sever his ties with Breitbart News, his three daughters ― including major Republican donor Rebekah Mercer ― will continue to support the website, which traffics in white nationalist sentiment.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/robert-mercer-breitbart-milo_us_59fb2f10e4b0b0c7fa388aa2?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

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Robert Mercer Sells Stake In Breitbart News, Recants Support For Milo Yiannopoulos (Original Post) workinclasszero Nov 2017 OP

So this creep unleashes neo nazism on America workinclasszero Nov 2017 #1

They are imploding. NCTraveler Nov 2017 #2

His daughters must be Nazis/racists too. Hoyt Nov 2017 #3

Oh hell yeah... workinclasszero Nov 2017 #5

This is Mercer PROPAGANDA (aka BS!). BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #4

Agreed workinclasszero Nov 2017 #6

Mercer See the Writing on the Wall and is Getting Out While He Still Can dlk Nov 2017 #7

Mercer knows he has been found out to for his Russia connections. Spiranthes Nov 2017 #8

Would not doubt that a bit workinclasszero Nov 2017 #9

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

1. So this creep unleashes neo nazism on America

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Thu Nov 2, 2017, 08:01 PM

Nov 2017

and now tries to walk away from it.

No sale asshole! Just letting his daughters do the dirty work now, republican family values folks!

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

2. They are imploding.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Thu Nov 2, 2017, 08:02 PM

Nov 2017

Across many fronts.

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

3. His daughters must be Nazis/racists too.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Thu Nov 2, 2017, 08:05 PM

Nov 2017

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

5. Oh hell yeah...

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #3)

Thu Nov 2, 2017, 08:11 PM

Nov 2017

How Robert and Rebekah Mercer Bought a Huge Stake in ‘Populism’
The new oligarchs, from number-crunching to democracy-choking.
BY TODD GITLIN | OCTOBER 31, 2017

In particular, without the fervent, enduring support of the hedge fund tycoon Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah, Steve Bannon would never have amounted to more than a nationalist crank churning out loony movies laying waste to liberal cosmopolitans. Breitbart News would have croaked when its founder died. And Mercer’s company, Cambridge Analytica, would not have stepped up to perform valuable services for Trump’s campaign.

http://billmoyers.com/story/robert-rebekah-mercer-bought-huge-stake-populism/