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Alena Botros

Billionaire Melinda French Gates just endorsed a presidential candidate for the first time ever

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Billionaire and philanthropist extraordinaire Melinda French Gates just endorsed a presidential candidate, for the first time ever, according to her—and it’s Joe Biden. In an op-ed for CNN, French Gates called this election different from any other, one in which “the stakes for women and families couldn’t be higher.”

She continued: “After Trump’s first term in office endangered the health of women, compromising their safety and robbing them of essential freedoms, I’m supporting Biden this election and asking others to do the same.”

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