Singer is an active participant in
Republican Party politics. He is a "self-proclaimed conservative libertarian". According to
The New York Times, he supports "like-minded candidates who often share his distaste for what they view as governmental over-meddling in the financial industry". Singer has contributed more than $1 million to the political efforts of the
Koch brothers. In 2014, Singer led a group of major Republican donors to form the American Opportunity Alliance, a group that brings together wealthy Republican donors who share Singer's support for LGBTQ rights, immigration reform and Israel. During the
2016 U.S. presidential election campaign, Singer supported
Marco Rubio and donated a million dollars in March to the
Our Principles PAC, a
Stop Trump movement PAC attempting to derail
Donald Trump's election campaign. He also started the American Unity PAC. He supported Trump's inaugural committee with $1 million together with 25 other billionaires. Singer was a major contributor to
George W. Bush's presidential campaigns. On March 14, 2008, Singer hosted a
Republican National Committee luncheon in his home for 70 guests that raised $1.4 million for Bush. Bush appointed Singer to serve on the Honorary Delegation to accompany him to
Jerusalem for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the
State of Israel in May 2008. In 2007, Singer was one of the most important fundraisers in
Rudy Giuliani 2008 presidential campaign. That same year, Singer led a financial industry fund-raising effort for
Rudy Giuliani, first as regional finance chair and later as senior policy adviser. Singer lent Giuliani his private jet. That same year, Singer at $175,000 was the sole contributor to a campaign to support a petition drive for a proposed
California initiative to apportion the state's 55
electoral votes by congressional district. At least 19 of the state's 53 congressional districts were expected to vote for a GOP presidential candidate, enough to change the national results in a close election. Singer was one of the largest donors during the
2010 U.S. midterm elections, contributing more than $4 million to support Republican candidates. In 2011, Singer donated $1 million to
Restore Our Future, a
Super PAC created to support
Mitt Romney in the
2012 U.S. presidential election. In 2013, Singer gave $100,000 to the
Club for Growth, a 501(c)4 organization that supports Tea Party candidates. He has also donated millions of dollars to organizations that advocate for a strong military and for supporting
Israel. In 2012, Singer founded the nonprofit Start-up Nation Central, an
NGO aimed at developing collaboration between Israel's tech sector and outside investors. Singer has invested around $20 million into Start-Up Nation Central, which is based in
Tel Aviv. Singer is a member of the
Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, a non-governmental, nonpartisan research organization. He is chairman of the board of trustees for the
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a
conservative think tank in New York City, and on the board of directors of the
Republican Jewish Coalition, a political lobbying group in the United States that promotes Jewish Republicans. In 2016, Singer invested $500,000 in a PAC supporting
John Faso, a Congressional candidate in
New York's 19th congressional district opposing progressive candidate and Wall Street critic
Zephyr Teachout. Teachout responded to the donation by challenging Singer to come to the district and debate her. The same year, Singer supported Senator
Marco Rubio in the presidential primary. As of September 2019 Singer had not donated to Trump's reelection campaign. According to
ProPublica, Singer was linked to an Alaskan fishing trip with
Justice Samuel Alito in 2008. Singer gave Alito free private jet travel from all across the country to Alaska, where a group including Alito and Singer went fishing. A few years later Alito voted with six other colleagues in
Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital, Ltd. brought by Singer's companies after Argentinian debt was bought up. Alito never recused himself.
LGBTQ rights As well as contributing to private initiatives, Singer also actively seeks to persuade other Republicans to support gay marriage. He has joined other Wall Street executives in support of
LGBT equality and stated that same-sex marriage promotes "family stability" and that in a time when "the institution of marriage in America has utterly collapsed", the fact that gay couples want to marry "is kind of a lovely thing and a cool thing and a wonderful thing". Singer, whose son Andrew married his husband Corey Morris in a same-sex marriage in
Massachusetts in 2009, has also financially supported the legalization of
gay marriage in New York, as well as
in Maryland. In 2011, this advocacy included supporting legislation allowing
same-sex marriage in the state of New York. In 2012, Singer provided $1 million to start a
Political Action Committee named American Unity PAC. According to the
New York Times, the PAC's "sole mission will be to encourage Republican candidates to support same-sex marriage, in part by helping them to feel financially shielded from any blowback from well-funded groups that oppose it". In 2014 Singer urged Republicans to pass the
Employment Non-Discrimination Act. This bill requires workplace protections to extend to the LGBT community. As of June 2014 Singer had donated an estimated $10 million to the gay rights movement. In 2015, Singer,
Tim Gill, and
Daniel Loeb helped fund Freedom For All Americans to promote
LGBT issues in states and local communities in the United States. In 2015, the
Washington Free Beacon, largely funded by Singer, hired
Fusion GPS to unearth damaging information on Republican candidates for the office of President of the United States. This research was later used by the
Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign and became the infamous
Steele Dossier. In 2024, however, he donated $5 million to
Trump's re-election campaign. == Writings and commentary ==