Former Obama administration national security adviser Susan Rice is slated to speak at an investment conference put on by Anthony Scaramucci's hedge fund SkyBridge Capital.
The firm's annual SALT Conference, which will be held this May in Las Vegas, is an occasion for the giants of the hedge fund world to network with policymakers and politicians, and comes at a time when many Democratic candidates are considering whether it has become necessary to swear off any support from Wall Street in favor of a fundraising strategy focused on small donors.
One of those candidates might be Rice. On Twitter last October, she floated the idea of running against incumbent senator Susan Collins (R., Maine) after Collins announced she would be voting to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
— Susan Rice (@AmbassadorRice) October 5, 2018
Rice expanded on her tweet a few days later to the New Yorker, saying she wouldn't make a decision until after the midterm elections but was taking it seriously.
"My bottom line is that I’m going to give it due consideration, after the midterms," Rice said. "I’ll take a look. My ties to Maine are long and deep."
"I am deeply disappointed that Senator Collins, whom I’ve known and I respect, made that choice, and made it in a fashion that, in my judgment, put party and politics over her own stated principles," she continued. "I think she did a real disservice to many, many people in Maine who were counting on her."
Rice also said Collins "betrayed women across this country."
Wall Street donations flowed more to Democrats during the last cycle, but the heated rhetoric from Democratic candidates has the industry "growing anxious," according to Politico.