Posted on 02/23/2016 6:19:28 AM PST by reaganaut1
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[T]he Ricketts family, have come under fire from Donald Trump on Twitter, for their contributions to Our Principles PAC - a Team Romney-led effort designed to handicap Trump in primary states. Marlene Ricketts, wife of Joe Ricketts, founder of TD Ameritrade, has contributed around $3 million, so far, to help air ads attacking Trump in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. And Trump is none too happy about it.
"I hear the Rickets family, who own the Chicago Cubs, are secretly spending $'s against me," Trump tweeted. "They better be careful, they have a lot to hide!"
For starters, the money spending isn't exactly secret - it's available for Trump's viewing pleasure on Open Secrets, and in the Our Principles PAC SEC filings. It's also no secret that the Ricketts are conservative. Prior to financing the campaign to depose the self-proclaimed Republican frontrunner, the Ricketts financed Gov. Scott Walker's short-lived campaign, and have contributed to everyone from Texas Gov. Rick Perry, to Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, to Gov. Chris Christie, Sen. Lindsey Graham, and former Gov. Jeb Bush. They are one of the few large donor families making big spends against Trump this cycle - at least, so far. And while there isn't much data on whether the ads were successful, they appear to have at least gotten under Trump's skin (which is, admittedly, not that hard to do).
But what's really strange here is what Donald Trump is threatening to do should Ricketts resist his social media plea for satisfaction: according to Trump himself, the Ricketts family should prepare to be publicly smeared, all for the petty crime of being the political opposition. Donald Trump isn't owed a coronation, or the unqualified allegiance of the GOP's feudal lords.
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Their private business dealings are not
Trump knows there are buried skeletons ?
If someone is trying to buy me a candidate I would be interested in knowing more about them
Isn't it their right to contribute however they wish no matter who it is that's targeted? Do you really want to control who donates and to whom?
They are not contributing attack ads for who they want. It is to attack fairly or unfairly who they do not want.
Of course! How else do you Make America Great Again.
Why are you defending PACs wasting money on anti-Trump ads? Who does their sponsor support?
Does anyone really believe that Trump would defend Citizens United as president if it were challenged? Or believe that he would hesitate a microsecond before using the CIA, NSA and FBI to dig up dirt on anyone who opposed him?
“Yeah, but notice he didn’t respond to the substance of the ads.”
Do you really, deep down, believe that the ads will contain the absolute truth, because we all know from previous experience that PAC are very careful to get the facts straight?
Does Trump have to wait for the ads to run to know what they will say?
Trump is implying that whatever the ads say, the guy who is bankrolling them probably has a lot to hide from the public himself and would not want the public to know about it.
But Cruz isn't using extortion tactics to try to silence them.
I don’t see anything about Donald Trump threatening to sue.
If someone threatens to sue for speech or word, I’d recommend that the threatened party seek a lawyer. Donald Trump is a public figure - the bar is is very high for public figures to prevail on libel or slander actions.
Trump knows there are buried skeletons ?
If someone is trying to buy me a candidate I would be interested in knowing more about them
So now it's okay to intimidate someone into silence because you don't like who they donate to?!
Are you listening to what you're saying?
“Trump is a bully”
That such an original, unique comment. Do you have any more that you could wow us with?
In fact, Trump is a winner, the likes of which the Republican party could NEVER come up with. The goal is not to beat your opponent. The goal is to wipe your opponent out so they will never be a threat, ever again. The sooner Republicans and so-called "Conservatives" get to understand this, the better off we'll be.
Since the Trumbies have taken over.
Shut up, get in line and Vote for him or else. /s
The Donald has a track record of massive retaliation not unprovoked attack. The Cruz dustup is evidence of that. He just gave fair warning that they are accountable.
That is the real world.
You support Obama Trump punishing political rivals?! In America?!
Can you provide a link for that quote? Thank you.
I can’t believe that they are defending KGB tactics because TRUMP!
You don’t want Trump punishing the backstabber elitist Republican scum who have been working so hard with elitist dems to destroy the nation? I want them ALL to be forced to hide forever in their gated communities, private islands, and safe-haven nations.
I pray for my country
Absolutely agree. I didn’t see this one from Trump as a threat (like a lawsuit), more like a retort. And I AM sick of these well-heeled supposed ‘betters’ picking the candidate. Hasn’t worked out too well over the last few cycles..
I am not a Cruz supporter, but I find it interesting that Cruz supporters have no problem with the “Cruz is an ass kisser”
“Poor Marco Rubio targeted by liar Ted Cruz” lines coming from Our Principles PAC.
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