Posted on 09/15/2015 8:29:09 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
The fiscal conservative advocacy group Club for Growth said on Tuesday it was funding $1 million in advertisements attacking Republican Donald Trump in the early-nominating state of Iowa, the first concentrated campaign to dislodge the front runner in the race for the GOP nomination.
The ads will launch on Thursday, a day after the second official GOP debate in which Mr. Trump will again take the center podium. They publicize statements Mr. Trump has made in recent years in which he takes positions on health care, taxes, and other issues that the group says align him with Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton. One ad ends with a picture of Mr. Trump and his wife posing with the Clintons. The ads also seek to undermine Mr. Trumps efforts to cast himself as an outsider to Washington, calling him just another politician.....
When Mr. Trump first announced his campaign in June, Mr. McIntosh said the group did not plan to subject his candidate to the level of scrutiny it had other major GOP hopefuls, calling him not a serious Republican candidate. But as Mr. Trump maintains his lead in the polls, some Republicans have ramped up their efforts to blunt his rise.
Among the top donors in the first half of the year to Club for Growth Actionthe groups super PAC, which will pay for the adsare some who have given millions to Mr. Trumps rivals. Richard Uihlein, the CEO of a Wisconsin-based shipping company, gave a $2.5 million, together with his wife, to the super PAC backing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. He gave the largest contribution to Club for Growth$500,000. The groups second-largest donor, hedge-fund magnate Robert Mercer, gave $11 million to the super PAC backing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, and another $500,000 to the group supporting former Hewlett-Packard Co. chief executive Carly Fiorina.
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Republican Elite & DC Establishment - supported most Democratic Party top priorities including Trade Deals, Amnesty, and Obamacare (it’s true, Boehner, McConnell and the Establishment GOP funded it).
Republican Elite & DC Establishment - Supported Democrat initiatives all through 2001-2009 and they praised Hillary Clinton as a wonderful woman and (John McCain said she would make a good President.)
Republican Elite & DC Establishment - The same people who inexplicably funded planned parenthood, 10 year wars in the middle east that ended in failure, continuing resolution budgets with incredibly high deficits, and higher FUTURE taxes for our children (yes, the bill has to be paid sometime!)
Kochs: bad, Thomas Sowell: bad, Steve Deace: bad, Red State: bad; They guy who gave 250,000 to the Clinton Foundation: good.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Here is your conservative movement!
I know. I’m a maxed out Cruz contributor.
But the one thing I KNOW about Trump is that he is a loose canon. If our choice is a Democrat or a loose canon, I’ll take the latter.
In D.C., what is there that you are afraid the loose canon might roll over?
He can destroy half of the government, and that can only be a good thing.
Club for Growth is running negative ads against Sen. Portman’s DEMOCRAT opponent in OH. Why don’t they focus on getting rid of hillary? Whose side are they on, anyway?
Charles Manson? The guy that has been in prison for centuries? Did he die???
FU GOP-e!
Trump will have an absolute FIELD DAY with this one.
Sniff sniff...
Ah yes, there it is - the aroma of Rhinocerous dung wafting through the air like the scent of putrid gardenias rotting along the banks of the river through the heart of darkness.
The Horror!
IDIOTS......they need to go after BERNIE and HILLARY!! Dumbasses.
I gotta fever, and the only prescription is more RINO!
I had to research this as it is the first I heard of it. Best comment I found below:
“So in summary, it does read like Donald Trump did want to explore ways to help out the Club for Growth and their initiatives, but on the other hand, the Club for Growth basically says that even though they really dont like Trump, they can be bought for $1,000,000.”
Ted Cruz: bad, the guy who donated to Chuck Schumer: good, the guy who wants to keep funding Planned Parenthood: good, the guy who liked progressive taxes: good.
So far every attack has helped him.
I love a good Conrad reference in the morning ... it smells like ... Victory.
all employees of Club for Growth should have their families sold to the mussie slavers......
The Club for Deindustrialization is going after the Donald. My money is on the Donald.
Didn’t the establishment claim they were going to play fair?
The Club for Growth has joined Clinton, Sanders, 0bama, the GOPe, RINOs, WSJ, Medved, etc. in attacking Trump.
Cruz has not attacked Donald.
Huh.
Who is with the Libs again?
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