Melinda Gateshas said women will make a difference in the 2024 presidential election as she reveals who she will vote for in November.
The 59-year-old ex-wife of Microsoft billionaire Bill, 68, has long been associated with the Democrats, with Barack Obama helping to promote her book.
She sat down with Gayle King this week for an interview in which she discussed how she felt women were the key factor in deciding the 2022 midterm elections.
“Women came out in the midterm elections and said, ‘This is enough.’ And we have to do it again,” she said CBS News.
Gates – who claims to have a net worth of around $11 billion Forbes and is ready to be active in these elections – and then made it clear who she will support in 2024.
Melinda Gates has said she is ‘absolutely not’ voting for Donald Trump and believes women will make a difference in the 2024 presidential election
“I am definitely not voting for Trump, and I will be voting for Biden,” she said.
Billionaire Gates also said it is “more than likely” she will campaign for and support the current president.
Biden may need all the help he can get as polls show Trump overtaking him in states he won handily in 2020.
The philanthropist says she has voted for Republicans in the past, but Trump’s words about women and policies toward women are a dealbreaker.
Gates has criticized Trump in the past and condemned the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying a lack of leadership at the national level has led to “chaos” across the board.
The billionaire philanthropist, who co-chairs the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with her Microsoft co-founder husband, didn’t mince words when asked to discuss the U.S. approach to the global health crisis in an interview.
“I’m both surprised we weren’t better prepared, but honestly, I’m also surprised we wasted so much time.” That we haven’t had leadership at the national level to do testing the right way, protective equipment the right way, contact tracing the right way,” Gates said.
“In the absence of leadership, there are 50 homegrown state solutions, and it simply shouldn’t be that way.”
Her friendship with the Obamas includes a partnership with former First Lady Michelle to work to end child marriage.
“I am absolutely not voting for Trump, and I will be voting for Biden,” she said
The philanthropist says she has voted Republican in the past, but Trump’s words on women and policies toward women are a dealbreaker
Since her divorce from Bill, Melinda has maintained a very close bond with her daughters and regularly takes Phoebe on trips around the world.
However, a few weeks ago she was the center of headlines when she stepped out into New York City wearing a huge diamond ring.
The sight led many to wonder if she was planning to walk down the aisle with her former Fox News host boyfriend Jon Du Pre, who she was first linked to in 2022.
But the billionaire philanthropist quickly shut down any suggestion she and 65-year-old Jon are headed to the altar as she addressed the speculation through her rep in a statement this morning, confirming the couple have split – and insisting that she currently does not. engaged to anyone.
“Melinda is not engaged and no longer in a relationship with Jon Du Pre,” a spokesperson told Page Six.
However, the mum-of-three, who hasn’t had any public romances since her relationship with Jon was revealed in 2022, seemed more willing to hide the trinket during her latest outing – crossing her arms over her chest in what could very well have been are. an attempt to hide the dazzler from view.
Melinda and Bill separated in 2021 after nearly three decades of marriage.
The couple released a statement at the time of their split, revealing that it wasn’t just “one moment” that led to it.
Despite their estranged relationship, the pair of parents still seem to adore their children.