Wall Street giants including the CEOs of Goldman and Blackstone are pouring money into the campaign to defeat AOC in a June primary

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• Some of Wall Street's most prominent names have donated thousands of dollars to Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez's opponent in the upcoming Democratic primary in New York, data from the FEC shows.
• As first reported by the Financial Times, names including Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, and Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman have given to Michelle Caruso-Cabrera.
• Caruso-Cabrera, a former CNBC journalist, takes Ocasio-Cortez on in a primary in New York's 14th congressional district on 23 June.
• While she has the backing of Wall Street behemoths, Caruso-Cabrera trails AOC significantly in the fundraising stakes, raising just over $2 million, compared to Ocasio-Cortez's $10.5 million.
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Some of Wall Street's most prominent names have donated thousands of dollars to Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez's opponent in the upcoming Democratic primary in New York, data from the FEC shows.

Federal Election Commission datashows that donors including Goldman Sachs' CEO David Solomon, Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman, and hedge fund behemoth Paul Tudor Jones have given to the campaign of Michelle Caruso-Cabrera.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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