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AOC vs. Wall Street: CEOs of Goldman Sachs & Blackstone Back Ex-GOPer in Dem Primary

HeadlineJun 19, 2020

A group of major Wall Street investors are pouring money into an effort to defeat New York Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in next week’s Democratic primary. Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman and hedge fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones have all backed AOC’s challenger, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, a former CNBC reporter who was a registered Republican until 2015.

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