Paul Tudor JonesLeanne Miller | CNBCPresidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg has seen a marked uptick in help following his standout efficiency earlier
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Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg has seen a marked uptick in help following his standout efficiency earlier this month on the Democratic debate in Ohio.
And that features billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones.
“I like Pete, I like Mayor Pete, as a result of I feel he could be the very best administrator to run this nation, and he is bought a compassionate coronary heart,” the billionaire investor mentioned at a current gala, based on a Bloomberg News report. “He is my man.”
Jones added that he is not politically energetic presently. The hedge fund supervisor has given to each Republicans and Democrats previously, together with within the final 12 months. Tudor Jones declined to touch upon the Bloomberg report.
He has inside the previous 12 months donated to teams supportive of Ohio Consultant Tim Ryan, Virginia Senator Mark Warner and former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper, based on public filings on the Federal Election Fee.
As for Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has in current months distinguished himself from the social gathering’s extra extraordinarily progressive wing.
Democratic presidential candidate and mayor of South Bend, Indiana Pete Buttigieg responds to a query throughout a discussion board held by gun security organizations the Giffords group and March For Our Lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2, 2019.
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