Posted on 11/01/2015 5:39:57 AM PST by NKP_Vet
Hedge-fund billionaire Paul Singer’s decision to throw his financial weight behind the donor-class 2016 favorite, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)79% , has sparked fresh questions about Rubio’s coziness with the financial interests funding his career.
Singer was a major financial force behind the Rubio-Obama amnesty and immigration expansion push in 2013.
As Politico reported at the time, Singer “quietly go[t] involved in the fight for immigration reform, making a six-figure donation… to the National Immigration Forumâ€â€” a George Soros-backed organization that lobbied for Rubio’s legislation to issue 33 million green cards to foreign nationals in the span of a single decade. The announcement of Singer’s endorsement highlights an intra-party tension that has emerged with new strength since Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)58% ’s inauguration as Speaker of the House.
There is a growing chasm between the more than 9 in 10 GOP voters, who want to see future immigration rates cut, versus GOP donors that are desperately seeking to install leaders in the White House and Congress who will further expand the nation’s already record breaking immigration rates that are transforming the country’s economy and electorate.
Upon the announcement of the Singer’s decision, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump tweeted:
I see Marco Rubio just landed another billionaire to give big money to his Superpac, which are total scams. Marco must address him as ‘SIR’!
Even though Rubio’s donors stand to make an enormous profit from a surge of low-wage migrant labor, Rubio has repeatedly denied that his wealthy backers have influenced his agenda. “People buy into my agenda. I don’t buy into theirs,†Rubio has said.
However, a review of several of Rubio’s top donors reveals that many of them have benefited from the Floridian’s rise to power.
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NO RUBIO!!! His sugar daddy is a Democrat enabler and sounds like he could “go both ways” and could support Hillary, too.
Donald is amazing---he's on top of e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g.
He opened everyone's eyes when he said PACS invite wrongdoing.
LOL-—maybe Jeb shoulda sent “The Three Caballeros” ....strolling and strumming in Espanol.
Paul Singer is a liberal Democrat.
He funds liberal Republicans so that whichever Party wins, he wins.
Yes. I posted this tweet, about his association with that, a couple of days ago....
The man who helped purchase gay marriage in the New York legislature endorses Rubio: https://t.co/AFYgWbY9cR - Byron York (@ByronYork) October 31, 2015
You’re right....Trump is amazingly on top of and ahead of the curve on EVERYTHING.
Any one surprised??? I’m not. Rubio is a Rovio guy all the way. He learned NOTHING in the senate except how to roll over
Further proof that Gang of Eight member Marco Rubio is weak on illegal
immigration is Paul Singer's, Mr. Amnesty, endorsement.Rubs can't win
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2015
The Donald cannot be bought. For that reason alone I am all fired up for his campaign like I haven't been fired up since I first voted Reagan in 1984.
Amen! Same here :)
Trump has been calling these prescient shots, forever.
He’s the ONLY candidate with the guts AND foresight to clean up the cesspool in DC, take care of our dear vets, put AMERICAN’S back to work and Make America Great, again.
MORE AMAZINGNESS
All it takes is one late-night tweet from Donald......and it’s bye, bye.
I wonder what he’s got in store for Hillary?
ROTFLOL.
You’re right Liz - Trump gets it...
You have cracked the code of the elite faux Repulicans, aka Rinoe’s.
Paul Singer is a liberal Democrat.
He funds liberal Republicans so that whichever Party wins, he wins.
Trump is like General Forrest, he tears up the track every time the Cheap Labor Express picks up speed.
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