Friday, December 27, 2024

Jeff Bezos' former wife gives away billions to liberal causes

Elon Musk takes aim at Jeff Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie in brutal quip

Elon Musk has gone after Jeff Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie Scott, who has become one of the world's biggest liberal philanthropists since her divorce.

The Tesla boss deemed Scott's massive charitable donations to left-wing nonprofits as 'concerning' on a post he shared on X on Tuesday.

Musk was reacting to a post that explained how Scott gave $2billion away in 2024 'to groups with witch stated missions like "Empowering Latinx immigrants," "Deportation Defense," and "Justice and equality for LGBTQ immigrants."'

Scott acknowledged another $2 billion in donations in 2023 in a blog post on Wednesday, bringing the total she’s given away since 2019 to $19.2 billion.

She does not comment on her giving beyond the rare post on her website, has shaken up the nonprofit sector with her embrace of 'trust-based philanthropy,' providing big grants with no strings attached to over 2,450 nonprofits.

In a since-deleted post on X, Musk wrote: 'Super rich ex-wives who hate their former spouse should be listed among "Reasons that Western Civilization died.''

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