It’s almost like they’re using taxpayer dollars to try and coax the donor into giving money again.
(CNSNews.com) — President Obama has lost the financial support of San Francisco philanthropist Susie Tompkins Buell, one of the Democratic Party’s most generous benefactors, who says the president has “not been vocal enough” on climate change, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Thursday.
Also on Thursday, the U.S. State Department announced a $15-million climate change initiative ($12 million from the U.S.) to reduce “short-lived climate pollutants.”
“I would just love to write my big check . . . or have a high-dollar dinner here” on his behalf, the Chronicle quoted Buell as saying. But, she added, “I can’t.” She told the newspaper that Obama has “got to be a leader” on the “urgency” of climate change.
Buell, a co-founder of the Esprit clothing company, is described as being a good friend of Hillary Clinton, who — on Thursday — was scheduled to deliver a major address on climate change in Washington.