Fleischer is persevering in the face of the criticism. The trade group now known as the Private Equity Growth Capital Council spent $2.5 million last year lobbying, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. And every chance he gets, he’ll remind you: It’s not political.
“I wrote Two and Twenty to advance knowledge, not to help Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump get elected,” Fleischer wrote in a footnote in his new paper.