Wavy Wing Hair: Dead Giveaway
Big Money
Behind the Scenes Against Trump
First of all, watch this John Oliver
segment about Trump on HBO.
Then
you will see why nearly the entire GOP so-called “big donor establishment” is
having kittens about how to stop Donald J. Trump. This 20-minute segment may be
the best in HBO political history and John Oliver delivers big time. It surely
is a keeper as they say. Enjoy.
Now, this excellent rundown from The Hill – my
editing to fit the blog – noting highlights below:
Trump
says: “We’re going to go to Florida, we’re going to spend so much time in
Florida. I know that a lot of groups, a lot of the special interests and a lot
of the lobbyists and the people that want to have their little senator do
exactly as they want. ... But he’s not going anywhere anyway.”
Interviews
with more than half a dozen sources involved in the various anti-Trump efforts
reveal that anti-Trump strategies are developing at a frantic pace.
A
number of donors approached by the anti-Trump forces, however, have described
the efforts as too little, too late after Trump’s domination of the
early-voting states and near sweep of Super Tuesday contests, with one GOP
mega-donor saying: “The game’s changed; it’s too big now,” (that donor has been
approached by NYC hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer, who is a Rubio supporter,
to join the anti-Trump effort. Then the donor concluded: “You can’t raise
enough money to make a difference in these big media markets, especially
Florida. That’s an expensive-ass media market.”
Note:
About 50 Republican donors convened on a conference call Tuesday afternoon to
hear anti-Trump pitches from GOP mega-donors Todd Ricketts, Meg Whitman, and
Singer, according to two sources who participated in the call. The New York
Times was the first to report the story.
One
major donor said: “I’m not going to send any money. I mean, I applaud what
they’re doing … but it might be too late.” Another big Republican donor
who has been personally approached by both Singer and Ricketts to join their
anti-Trump efforts said that he wasn’t convinced by their arguments, although
he respects what both are trying to do. He added that Ricketts was trying
to persuade him that Our Principles PAC early spending in Iowa did
significant damage to Trump, who lost the caucuses there to Ted Cruz. But the donor described
Ricketts’s argument as “confirmation bias” and then the donor told The Hill: “At
this point it’s bad money after bad. I think it is flat-out crazy” (this donor supports
Cruz).
A
source close to Our Principles PAC confirmed that Ricketts and the group had
been arguing that the anti-Trump advertising in Iowa worked and could be
equally effective in future states, said: “Iowa is one of the few
places that Trump has come under a sustained advertising and messaging
campaign. We educated people about his record, and it’s not surprising that
it’s one of the states that Donald Trump has not won. And this particular fact
is one that Todd Ricketts has shared with people and the PAC has shared with
potential supporters. It’s an important fact,” that source concluded.
The
Ricketts family has shown it is willing to spend, adding to its initial $3
million investment in Our Principles PAC despite receiving
a threat from Trump (two sources told The Hill).
Another
question doing the gossip rounds in Republican donor circles is what will be
done with the more than $15 million still sitting in the pro-Bush super-PAC Right
to Rise. Two of Right to Rise biggest donors told The Hill that they
believe the money will be returned on a percentage basis to the donors. But
other donors say there have been informal conversations among Right to Rise officials about using that money to go after Trump.
Still
think the GOP is not in deep doo-doo – better think again. Those big donors are
worried sick – and rightly so. Even Jar-Jar
Binks thinks so - just ask him:
Thanks for stopping by pray for the GOP's survival (big smile - no, not really).
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