Posted on 03/12/2018 10:56:33 AM PDT by PBRCat
Gov. Bruce Rauner's local Republican organization will not endorse his re-election.
The New Trier Township Republican Organization (NTRO) officially declined to endorse during a meeting on Saturday, just blocks from Rauner's home.
"It is extraordinarily rare to fail to endorse an incumbent governor, let alone the incumbent's local organization."
Rauner is facing a challenge from conservative reform State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton).
Blair Garber said NTRO should back Rauner because "his money" can help Republicans re-claim control of the Illinois House from Democrats.
"There's nobody who can do this but Bruce," he said. He's put in $100 million of his own dollars."
Kathleen Murphy, communications director for Rep. Ives, countered that the primary is, in part, a referendum on Rauner's dishonesty.
No matter how you feel about abortion, Murphy said, "House Bill 40 (taxpayer funding of abortion) was a massive expansion of government in a state that was bankrupt" as well as "going back on a promise to both Republican caucuses that he would veto that bill" as well as to Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich.
Are you proud? I know I'm in Rauner territory, but are you proud of what he has done as governor?
"Are you proud of the campaign he is running against Jeanne Ives?," Murphy asked, referencing Rauner's television ads that suggest Ives is working with House Speaker Michael Madigan, which have been criticized widely as dishonest and misleading.
"Everyone who pays attention to state politics in Illinois has called (the ads) out as a complete lie."
Murphy criticized Rauner and said "he showed no leadership over the 32 percent state income tax increase, allowing Republicans to vote for it so it would pass.
To earn the NTRO endorsement, either Rauner or Ives would have had to earn 65 percent of the organization's vote.
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The House Bill 40 betrayal and Sanctuary State designation will sink RAUNER.
I voted for Rauner four years ago, but there is no way in hell I will vote for him this time around. I will vote for Jeanne Ives in the primary; if Rauner survives the primary challenge I will vote for my dog as a write-in candidate in November. Rauner has ZERO chance of being re-elected.
Anyone who would sign a taxpayer-funded abortion bill that designates a baby in the womb as a non-human is EVIL.
RAUNER is EVIL as well as all the Democrats who voted for it.
“I voted for Rauner four years ago, but there is no way in hell I will vote for him this time around.”
Same here.
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