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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Just had to go to Trump’s tweets this morning for the latest news.
That was there. Was wondering when the threat to sue was coming.
Just a taste of what a dictator trump would be.
He’s an orange Obama.
He might sue??
Please...
These liberal tactics are getting old from a “republican”..
Led by the Socialist ringer scum Willard ? Trump needs to treat it like the DEMOCRAT group that it is.
How long till the trump supporters show up and start calling names?
And Trump has a right to respond to their false attacks. The cowards tried to hide behind a PAC and were busted. Too bad for them.
10 seconds.
Gosh, the Ricketts family has Chicago connections? What are the odds they have stuff to hide?
Since when has America become the country where you have to donate to political campaign’s in secret for fear of retaliation. If Trump has as big a set as every one claims, then why should this bother him?
It’s not an act.
Yeah, but notice he didn’t respond to the substance of the ads. He just tries to threaten the messenger into silence.
Lately when Trump starts threatening to sue it's an indication that he isn't going to be doing anything.
I guess because what the ads say is true. Otherwise, he’d refute the ads instead of attacking the messenger.
Trump is a jackass writ large. And that’s ALL he is.
Trump is a bully. He’s as bad as obama or perhaps even worse when it comes to being arrogant, egotistic, thin skinned. Is this how he plans to behave if he should win the presidency, spend his time going after people who criticize him, when will he have time to run the country. Last I heard it was not a crime to contribute to a PAC.
He's exactly what we already have in the WH. It's just that his supporters believe he is their thug even when he's attacking his own "team". The Donald actually has no team and no core principles. Going after someone because they are politically active? Liberal tactic.
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