AP: Top Donor Of Gov. Ron DeSantis Is Regeneron Investor

[PAF]

August 21, 2021


MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criss-crosses the state opening monoclonal antibody treatment centers using Regeneron as a post-exposure prevention for COVID-19, he is also being criticized because one of his top donors is a Regeneron investor.


According to the Associated Press, filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission show Citadel, a Chicago-based hedge fund, has $15.9 million in shares of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals as well as options to buy its stock.


Citadel CEO Ken Griffin has donated $10.75 million to a political committee that supports DeSantis. He also donated $5.75 million in 2018 and $5 million last April.


Citadel’s investment in Regeneron is a tiny fraction of its overall $39 billion in investments, but if the stock price were to go up, Citadel would benefit. DeSantis spokeswoman Christina Pushaw points out that Citadel has far greater investments in Moderna and Pfizer, which manufacture COVID-19 vaccines.


DeSantis announced on Wednesday the opening of another monoclonal antibody treatment center at C.B. Smith Park in Pembroke Pines. Another site is opening on August 21 at Tropical Park in Southwest Miami-Dade. The state plans to have 21 open by next week.


The federal government is paying for the monoclonal antibody treatments and patients aren’t being charged for the antibody cocktail.


The Citadel CEO, a billionaire, has donated tens of millions of dollars to other conservative candidates and political committees across the country. He was raised in Florida and is building an oceanfront mansion near Trump’s Palm Beach Mar-a-Lago resort.


Citadel declined to comment.



Full article:

https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/08/21/ap-desantis-donor-regeneron-investor/

 

[devil21]

Gee, can you imagine my shocked face?

Trump fresh from hospital touts his golf buddy Lenny's Regeneron treatment
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robert...-a-member-of-trump-golf-club/?sh=6bd647f960c8

RE-GENE



Setting up DeSantis for 2024 as the new savior. Oy vey so obvious.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

He should be given a pass because of his postruring as Israeli "settlers man". That kinda politics is hawt with GOPA downward spiral wing.

Speaking of donors:

Trump told donors he hopes his supporters will get vaccinated: NYT
Business Insider
Aug 31

 

[Krugminator2]

There are only so many liquid stocks. If Regeneron stock went up 10 fold it would add .3% to Citadel's yearly returns. It means nothing.

These are trash articles that you can write for every single hedge fund donor. They rely on Boobus Americanus not understanding basic math. They are direct hit pieces using facts but facts that are 100% irrelevant to anything. If this reporter resided in my benevolent dictatorship, the punishment for writing this would be getting their hands cut off.

 

[PAF]

There are only so many liquid stocks. If Regeneron stock went up 10 fold it would add .3% to Citadel's yearly returns. It means nothing.

These are trash articles that you can write for every single hedge fund donor. They rely on Boobus Americanus not understanding basic math. They are direct hit pieces using facts but facts that are 100% irrelevant to anything. If this reporter resided in my benevolent dictatorship, the punishment for writing this would be getting their hands cut off.

Oh jeez. Here we go again.

Sure, take another for "the team".

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?555734-Ron-DeSantis-On-The-Record

 

[Krugminator2]

Oh jeez. Here we go again.

Sure, take another for "the team".

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?555734-Ron-DeSantis-On-The-Record

I would write the exact same thing whether it was Bernie Sanders or Lindsay Graham or Ron Paul.

If someone has their net worth invested in an index fund they have a substantially more meaningful stake in Regeneron than Ken Griffin.

 

[PAF]

I would write the exact same thing whether it was Bernie Sanders or Lindsay Graham or Ron Paul.

If someone has their net worth invested in an index fund they have a substantially more meaningful stake in Regeneron than Ken Griffin.

So, par for the course?

DeSantis announced on Wednesday the opening of another monoclonal antibody treatment center at C.B. Smith Park in Pembroke Pines. Another site is opening on August 21 at Tropical Park in Southwest Miami-Dade. The state plans to have 21 open by next week.


The federal government is paying for the monoclonal antibody treatments and patients aren’t being charged for the antibody cocktail.

 

[Krugminator2]

So, par for the course?

So you think because a Republican donor who has a position in a stock that is loose change to him (which given the size of fund and his role likely doesn't even know he owns) is the reason the state of Florida is using whatever Regeneron is offering?

You really think that? Here is an alternate theory. Trump used the Regeneron product and people in Florida wanted it.

 

[PAF]

So you think because a Republican donor who has a position in a stock that is loose change to him (which given the size of fund and his role likely doesn't even know he owns) is the reason the state of Florida is using whatever Regeneron is offering?

You really think that? Here is an alternate theory. Trump used the Regeneron product and people in Florida wanted it.

So, you think the Federal Gubermint should FUND the State(s), just because people want free stuff? Oh, wait, if they're "republicans", I forgot, then it's ok.

Krug, please, stop making excuses. And stop embarrassing yourself. Just admit that it is WRONG on every level.

 

[Krugminator2]

So, you think the Federal Gubermint should FUND the State(s), just because people want free stuff? Oh, wait, if they're "republicans", I forgot, then it's ok.

Krug, please, stop making excuses. And stop embarrassing yourself. Just admit that it is WRONG on every level.

Okay.

 

[devil21]

So, you think the Federal Gubermint should FUND the State(s), just because people want free stuff? Oh, wait, if they're "republicans", I forgot, then it's ok.

Krug, please, stop making excuses. And stop embarrassing yourself. Just admit that it is WRONG on every level.

Krug probably has a boatload of Regeneron stock so it's bad to expose the ruse that it's not an alternative to the shots, just an alternate method to distribute some of the effects.

When it's free, the product is YOU. In a twist on that old cliche, this time it's literal. When it's free, you become the product. Literally. Ask a Monsanto corn plant how that works.