If Adelson was turned off by his call with the President, Trump still has plenty of allies in Southern Nevada.<\/p>\n
Billionaire Phil Ruffin, the owner of Treasure Island and Circus Circus, gave $500,000 to Trump Victory. Disgraced former casino tycoon Steve Wynn gave $486,500. Station Casinos billionaires Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta III gave $1.44 million. South Point owner Michael Gaughan gave $100,000. Golden Nugget billionaire Tilman Fertitta gave $71,000.<\/p>\n
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Blackstone owner Stephen Schwarzman, whose private equity firm owns the land assets of the Bellagio, MGM Grand, and Mandalay Bay, gave $3 million to America First Action, a PAC working to reelect Trump. UFC President Dana White gave $1 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nCasino.org <\/i>found two exceptions to the Trump support among Nevada casino executives. Former MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren, a longtime Republican, switched his vote in 2016 to pick Hillary Clinton, and campaign finance records show he’s given the $2,800 maximum direct individual contribution to Biden’s campaign for 2020.<\/p>\n
D Casino, Golden Gate, and Circa owner Derek Stevens has made several small contributions to the Biden campaign totaling $285.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Donald Trump reportedly grew angry with Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson during a phone call last week for not better supporting his reelection campaign. The 87-year-old founder of the Las Vegas Sands empire, currently estimated to be worth some $30 billion by Forbes, called his former casino-colleague-turned-US-President to discuss further coronavirus relief and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":144242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19853,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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