Why is Schwarzman Backing Trump When He Wouldn’t Hire Him For Blackstone?

September 26, 2024 —Blackstone is one of the largest private equity companies in the world, but if they received a resume for someone with 34 felony convictions who had also been found liable for sexual assault, CEO Stephen Schwarzman would throw it straight in the trash.

So why, the Lincoln Project asks in a new ad, does Schwarzman – who requires excellence, integrity, and ethics – backing Donald Trump’s campaign for President? 

Watch our latest ad, “Hire a Felon” here: https://youtu.be/FVWq_n5e4ow The ad is the latest in a series targeting the high-dollar money behind Donald Trump’s Presidential run. We are geofencing locations in NYC and Silicon Valley. 

“These billionaire CEO’s pretend to live by and expect their employees to adhere to a code of ethics, but when a raging disaster of a man runs for President promising them tax cuts, they drop all pretense,” said Rick Wilson, Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project. “Stephen Schwarzman is flushing his legacy down the toilet for Donald Trump and the American people won’t forget it.” 

The Lincoln Project is a leading pro-democracy organization in the United States — dedicated to the preservation, protection, and defense of democracy.

To learn more about The Lincoln Project, go to lincolnproject.us.

###