Dan Gilbert (file photo)
Some may call it hedging your bets. Whatever you call it, Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert has spent lots of money this campaign season.
Todd Spangler of the Detroit Free Press reports:
There's no record of Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert giving any money to aid Donald Trump’s campaign directly — at least not yet — but Gilbert and his wife, Jennifer, did each write a $75,000 check this month to a joint fund-raising committee set up to elect Hillary Clinton and Democrats across the U.S, according to campaign finance reports.
Before anyone jumps to any conclusion about the real estate and mortgage magnate’s political leanings, however, it’s worth noting that he and his wife also sent nearly $70,000 to the Republican National Committee this month — as well hundreds of thousands more to a half-dozen or so state GOP political committees — and that he gave $1.6 million to committees trying to get New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Ohio Gov. John Kasich elected earlier in the campaign cycle.
