![]() ![]() It’s rare for the secretive Mercers-especially Robert-to speak publicly, and even rarer for them to bow to public pressure. ![]() “Expect him to work closer with Steve.” Another Republican source with knowledge of the situation predicted that “There’s gonna be no financial distance at the end of the day.” Even before this, Mercer’s daughter Rebekah had played a decisive role in the family’s political decisions. Mercer’s retirement from Renaissance and exit from Breitbart “frees up time for him to be even more engaged politically,” this person said. Mercer’s comments could seem a bad sign for Bannon, though a Bannon ally said there were no negative implications for the intra-party insurgency against establishment Republicans Bannon is planning for the 2018 midterm elections. Those decisions do not always align with Mr. However, I make my own decisions with respect to whom I support politically. Bannon, and from time to time I do discuss politics with him. “The press has also intimated that my politics marches in lockstep with Steve Bannon’s,” Mercer wrote. Mercer even seemed to distance himself from Breitbart chairman and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who oversaw Yiannopoulos during the latter’s time at Breitbart. I was mistaken to have supported him, and for several weeks have been in the process of severing all ties with him.” Yiannopoulos have caused pain and divisiveness undermining the open and productive discourse that I had hoped to facilitate. “But in my opinion, actions of and statements by Mr. “I supported Milo Yiannopoulos in the hope and expectation that his expression of views contrary to the social mainstream and his spotlighting of the hypocrisy of those who would close down free speech in the name of political correctness would promote the type of open debate and freedom of thought that is being throttled on many American college campuses today,” Mercer wrote. ![]() Despite the letter, sources familiar with Mercer’s situation tell me this doesn’t mean the family is retreating from politics. In the letter, Mercer disavowed Milo Yiannopoulos, the right-wing provocateur and former Breitbart tech editor whose close ties to white-nationalist figures were revealed in a tranche of emails leaked to BuzzFeed News. The move was announced in a letter Mercer reportedly sent to employees of his investment fund, Renaissance Technologies. In a rare acknowledgement of the controversies caused by his family’s political advocacy, billionaire Republican donor Robert Mercer is stepping down from his hedge fund and selling his stake in Breitbart News to his daughters. ![]()
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