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Indiana sisters with history of opposing Pence donate millions to Dems
The Hill ^ | 09/19/18 | John Bowden

Posted on 09/19/2018 2:08:12 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

A pair of Indiana sisters whose family controls the largest shopping mall operator in the country have poured millions into supporting Democrats in the 2018 midterm elections, Politico reported Wednesday.

Deborah Simon and Cynthia Simon-Skjodt have reportedly poured a total of $5.5 million into a PAC supporting the election of Democrats to the Senate this election cycle, as well as thousands to individual Democratic candidates in Indiana and other states.

Politico reports the two have opposed Vice President Pence for years, ever since Pence was the state's governor. They are reportedly critical of Pence's conservative stances on health care, abortion and support for Indiana's law allowing businesses to refuse service to individuals on religious grounds.

"If you care about reproductive health care, which Debbie does, this is a guy who spent 12 years of his career" battling against causes she supports, a Democratic activist in the state told Politico.

“They’ve found they can help philanthropically, whether it’s supporting a domestic violence center, Planned Parenthood, or women survivors of assault,” former Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Christina Hale added. “But in terms of long-term need, and to set people up for success, they have to get involved politically.”

Their donations to the Senate Democrats' PAC and other combined contributions now amount to the seventh largest group of expenditures this political cycle, according to the website.

Other donations from the two sisters include millions to the political arm of Planned Parenthood, as well as organizations such as American Bridge 21st Century and the Democratic National Committee.

Democrats are hoping for a net gain of two Senate seats and 23 House seats in November to retake both chambers of Congress, though their lead on generic ballot polls has slipped to single-digits in recent weeks after polling higher towards the beginning of 2018.

A poll released Wednesday showed the party with just a 4-point lead over Republicans for potential control of the House in November.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: indiana; pence
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1 posted on 09/19/2018 2:08:12 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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Anyone from Indiana know anything about the turd sisters.


2 posted on 09/19/2018 2:10:49 PM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox)
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To: yesthatjallen

Inherited wealth of course. Probably never earned an honest dollar in their lives.


3 posted on 09/19/2018 2:11:35 PM PDT by jarwulf
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To: yesthatjallen

They are definitely not “laying up treasures in Heaven.”


4 posted on 09/19/2018 2:14:35 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: yesthatjallen

The money that they spent fighting Pence might have fed a lot of babies. But that is the way liberals think — they want to spend other peoples money.


5 posted on 09/19/2018 2:15:00 PM PDT by dhs12345
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Based on the way that Hillary mismanages other people’s money, Democratic supporters need to get a grip on the idea that when you donate money to Democrats it immediately loses its value.


6 posted on 09/19/2018 2:15:50 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: robowombat

Cynthia shelled out a small fortune to get her name on Indiana Universirty’s basketball arena a few years back.


7 posted on 09/19/2018 2:20:34 PM PDT by sam_whiskey (Peace through Strength.)
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To: robowombat

No. But I know Simon Properties is huge and owns malls all over.


8 posted on 09/19/2018 2:21:20 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (Maxine Waters for House Minority Leader!!)
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To: yesthatjallen

You forgot to tell us who to boycott next!


9 posted on 09/19/2018 2:21:45 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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They would do well to donate their money to their.maybe their church. . .although considering their liberal ideas they probably aren’t attending much of one, if any. Abortion is murder . . .God is taking names.


10 posted on 09/19/2018 2:24:34 PM PDT by Maudeen (http://ThereIsHopeinJesus.com/)
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11 posted on 09/19/2018 2:27:12 PM PDT by nwrep
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Simon pretty much destroyed the malls they took over here in indiana and then just “abandoned” if the tax bills were too much leading to lots of blighted areas.

Of course they demanded a city park be torn down in Indianapolis to build their own corporate tower.

Hadn’t realized they were this big in politics but it’s not surprising now in retrospect.


12 posted on 09/19/2018 2:32:14 PM PDT by Skywise
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[ Other donations from the two sisters include millions to the political arm of Planned Parenthood, as well as organizations such as American Bridge 21st Century and the Democratic National Committee. ]

Well, well. Color me surprised.


13 posted on 09/19/2018 2:32:19 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: robowombat

The Simon brothers were a pair of Mensches. The yenta wives - not so much. The Simons own the Pacers NBA team and a bunch of shopping malls.


14 posted on 09/19/2018 2:34:27 PM PDT by bagadonutz (knuckledragger)
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To: nwrep

They look like Hillary’s cousins. Was their father Franklin Simon?


15 posted on 09/19/2018 2:34:37 PM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox)
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To: nwrep

Sisters ... or lovers, ... possibly both ...


16 posted on 09/19/2018 2:35:58 PM PDT by x
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To: nwrep

I wonder what Laz would do...?


17 posted on 09/19/2018 2:37:09 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: SaveFerris
American Bridge 21st Century is telling.

They are deep in the movement.

18 posted on 09/19/2018 2:37:54 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

FLUSH


19 posted on 09/19/2018 2:42:25 PM PDT by butlerweave
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Cynthia Simon Skjodt, founder and president of the Samerian Foundation and daughter of the late mall magnate Melvin Simon.

Deborah Simon ’74
Deborah Simon

20 posted on 09/19/2018 2:43:18 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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