Hamm, the executive chairman of oil and natural gas company Continental Resources, donated $16,600 to Team Stand for America last month, according to the filing. Hamm supported former President Donald Trump during the 2016 election and later backed the Trump endorsed Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz. He told the Financial Times in an
interview published last year that he didn’t think Trump should run again in 2024.
“Loyalty’s a big thing with us — it’s very necessary with leaders,” Hamm told the FT. “And I wish Trump could have been a lot more loyal to his people.” The former president overlooked Hamm to become Energy secretary in his administration, the FT said.
Hamm and his family are worth a combined $18.5 billion, according to Forbes.
Hamm isn’t the only previous Trump ally turning to help Haley. Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb, who
said last year that the former president was a “deeply wounded narcissist,” donated $5,000 to the Haley joint fundraising committee.
Leonard Stern, the CEO of real estate firm Hartz Mountain Industries, contributed the same amount as Hamm to Team Stand for America in March. Forbes says he has a net worth of $7.6 billion.
Stern, Cobb and a spokeswoman for Hamm did not return requests for comment before publication.
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