Sources: Senior US Postal Service Officials Probing Potential IL GOP Postage Discount Abuse, Reaches the Inspector General’s Office in Washington

Illinois Review ^ | March 3, 2023 | Illinois Review

[COSIllinois]

In December, in exclusive audio obtained by Illinois Review, it was reported that IL GOP chairman Don Tracy, during a meeting with conservative leaders in July, admits that the Richard Irvin campaign for governor was allowed to use the IL GOP Postage discount for mailers – a perk not afforded to other candidates in the race.

Using the IL GOP postage discount can save a statewide campaign tens of thousands of dollars on mailers – an expensive, but necessary evil in politics.

Tracy acknowledges use of the postage discount in the recording, but says the IL GOP was taking its “direction from the House Caucus and the Senate Caucus.”

In other words, former House GOP Minority Leader Jim Durkin and former Senate GOP Minority Leader Dan McConchie controlled who could use the party’s non-profit postage discount for mailers, and Tracy simply followed their lead.

Illinois Review doesn’t accept that assertion, given that, while Durkin and McConchie were leaders of their caucuses, Tracy was the leader of the party – and therefore, the one ultimately in charge of the postage discount.

But in addition to undeniable evidence of the IL GOP colluding with the Irvin campaign during the primary, Illinois Review has reported on some other disturbing information: the IL GOP was weaponizing their postage discount to attack conservative candidates during the primary.

[COSIllinois]

IL GOP was weaponizing their postage discount to attack conservative candidates during the primary.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Is it still okay for the liberal Dung Beetles to do it? I notice none of them are being investigated. Sounds like the bass turds at the Post Office have been weaponized now. Must be for all that business they got with the liberal’s mail in ballot program.

[bigbob]

If Irvin had won, Prickster might not be governor today. He knew it and that’s why he fought Irvin so hard. Darren Bailey won the primary because of the support of the Democrat Governor’s Ass’n. I give the IL GOP credit for at least trying to get a candidate with a chance of winning the general.

[COSIllinois]

Pro Illegal aliens Pro Black Lives Matter Richard Irvin? Do you lean DEMOCRATIC?

[bigbob]

Here’s where I lean:

Anyone
But
Prickster

Anyone who understands Illinois politics and demographics should have realized that’s conservative, older, white, Christian from downstate had a 0.0% chance of winning, And if you don’t win, how conservative you are doesn’t make a damn bit of difference.

We are never given good choices in IL, it is always the lesser of two poor choices.