Posted on 04/02/2014 12:21:21 PM PDT by cotton1706
A refrain is developing in the U.S. Senate race: The more money Thom Tillis comes across, the more problems he sees.
The House speaker is attending a fundraiser Wednesday at the offices of a Washington lobbying firm that will net him plenty of big checks but also may offer his rivals a political line of attack.
The firm? Barbour Griffith & Rogers Inc., otherwise known as the BGR Group. Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour took flak for his firm, as critics linked him to its many clients. One particular client drew attention: the Mexican government. In 2001-2002, the firm lobbied “on immigration reforms sought by the Bush administration to provide a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants and expand a temporary worker program to allow immigrants to work in the U.S,” according to an Associated Press report.
Tillis’ fundraiser at the firm plays into the hands of Republican primary opponents Greg Brannon and Mark Harris, who are trying to paint Tillis as an insider with ties to special interest. (Democrats are doing the same.)
Brannon also has criticized Tillis on immigration, writing earlier this year in a Facebook post: “If Republicans want to re-take control of the US Senate we cannot nominate a candidate who will go along with the DC establishment and push through amnesty. My primary opponent has supported efforts to allow illegal immigrants to skirt immigration laws. We must have respect for the rule of law. I will never vote for amnesty.”
Brannon did not offer specifics to support his claim. But legislation to crackdown on illegal immigration in recent years failed in the N.C. House under Tillis’ control. Gov. Pat McCrory also vetoed a bill – later overridden in the House and Senate, that expanded the exemption of seasonal workers from the immigration status check program
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What a surprise!! A McConnell and Rove backed candidate thinks Obamacare is a "great idea" and has thwarted "real" immigration reform, i.e. enforcing the laws.
I suspect that Tillis is going to be a big part of “Rove’s rat hole”, huge amounts of money thrown at RINOs that still lose the election.
Hopefully, conservatives will have long memories about these deep pocket RINO backers, so that when conservatives control the party, these birds are going to be out on the street, with no party or government largess.
Business can be a lot harder when you don’t have access to the government larder.
Thom?
Thom Tillis has run the most pro amnesty GOP legislature in the country. When the GOP takes over Alabama or Georgia they pass enforcement bills.
Christie doesn’t have a GOP legislature. He has a bunch of Dems to hand him the amnesty bill.
He had to over-ride the Jeff Sessions of Governors, Pat McCrory.
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