Robert Mercer

Mercer said in a statement to his colleagues that recent press reports have falsely depicted him as a “white supremacist” and he has decided to speak up to correct the record, clarifying his political views and his relationship with Breitbart’s executive chairman Steve Bannon.

From Jeremy Peters in the New York Times: Erik Prince, the founder of the security contractor Blackwater, is seriously considering a Republican primary challenge for a Senate seat in Wyoming, potentially adding a high-profile contender to a fledgling drive to oust establishment lawmakers with insurgents in the mold of President Trump.

Mary Childs writes in the Financial Times about GOP nominee Donald Trump’s largest campaign contributors: Robert and Rebekah Mercer, the father and daughter conservative donors who are stalwart opponents of the corrupt permanent political class.

If Mr. Trump had told Billy Bush, whoever that is, earlier this year that he was for open borders, open trade, and executive actions in pursuit of gun control, we would certainly be rethinking our support for him. If he had admitted to Mr. Bush that he had profited privately by allowing the sale to Russia of 20% of US uranium…

In an extraordinary public rebuke, two influential donors who were among the biggest supporters of Senator Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign excoriated Mr. Cruz on Saturday for his decision not to endorse Donald J. Trump at the Republican National Convention.

The Ted Cruz Super PAC “Keep the Promise” has now become the “Defeat Crooked Hillary PAC,” with pollster Kellyanne Conway handing the reins over to David Bossie.