Billionaire financier Leon Cooperman stated on Tuesday that he would not choose President Joe Biden or previous President Donald Trump in a theoretical November rematch.
“We have two candidates running. One’s bad, the other one’s worse. I don’t know who’s bad, I don’t know who’s worse,” Cooperman stated on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
Cooperman, the chair and CEO of the Omega Family workplace, has actually mainly backed Republicans in the past, however states he supported Biden in 2020 as a vote versus Trump.
“I will not vote for Biden again. I think he has lost his step. He has allowed himself to be in the pocket of the progressives, which I think are destructive parties,” Cooperman stated.
Cooperman, who composed in Mitt Romney’s name for president in 2016, has actually been a long time critic of Trump and stated the previous president belonged in prison after he was struck with more than 90 criminal charges. Cooperman was likewise important of a few of Trump’s policies as president and stated in 2018 that the trade war he began threatened.
“The man has no judgment, but he understands the economy,” Cooperman stated of Trump on Tuesday.
Cooperman most just recently contributed to the governmental project of previous New JerseyGov Chris Christie, according to Federal Election Commission information. He has actually likewise contributed to the congressional projects of DemocraticSen Joe Manchin and RepublicanSen Rick Scott in the last few years.
In the 2016 governmental election cycle, Cooperman provided the specific donor optimum to previous FloridaGov Jeb Bush’s project, however he likewise wound up contributing to Hillary Clinton’s project as Trump ran away with the Republican election.
Biden’s project started the year with about $46 million in money, according to FEC filings, more than the $33 million that Trump’s project had. Groups connected with Biden’s project likewise began the year with more cash, as Trump’s associated committees invested nearly $50 million in 2015 on legal representatives’ costs and associated legal charges.
Despite Biden’s strong fundraising numbers, he has actually had a hard time in current surveys. His approval score was up to 37% in a Sunday NBC News survey, the most affordable level of his presidency. The survey likewise discovered Trump pounding Biden 47% to 42% in a theoretical 2024 rematch.
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