A single billionaire provided the lion’s share of the money to the main Republican super-PAC set up to destroy Donald Trump.
Marlene Ricketts, the matriarch of the Ricketts family that owns the Chicago Cubs baseball team, contributed $3 million to the anti-Trump super-PAC “Our Principles PAC,” which is being run by former Mitt Romney adviser Katie Packer.
The super-PAC has spent more than $4 million running attack ads against the GOP front-runner in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. It is the only serious anti-Trump group to date, in a campaign cycle where Republicans have been reluctant to take on their front-runner.
Until now, the identities of the donors funding Our Principles PAC had been kept secret, fueling the rumor mill in Washington. But the Federal Election Commission reveals that almost all the money came from Ricketts. The donor’s identity was first reported by The New York Times.
Ricketts’ family had previously given $5 million to a super-PAC supporting the failed presidential bid of Scott Walker. The family is yet to swing its full weight behind another presidential candidate, but clearly likes both Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. In June last year, Marlene Ricketts gave $10,000 to super-PACs supporting Rubio and Cruz.
Besides a token $250 donation, the only other donor to the anti-Trump super-PAC in January was Illinois businessman Richard Uihlein, who gave just $7,500.
Uihlein had previously given $2.5 million to Walker’s super-PAC, but after the Wisconsin governor quit the race he shifted to the Cruz camp and recently gave $1 million to a pro-Cruz super-PAC.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/fundraising/270184-secret-anti-trump-donor-revealed
An anti Trumpster.
That’s a new term for me.
Hey …. how about them cubs… didn’t they win the world series last year..?
Animal ..mutha.. full metal jacket.
Well I gotta super-pac for you.
I’m gonna rip off your head and sht down your super-pac neck.
“The super-PAC has spent more than $4 million”
Obviously not working very well, but then again, they only have to justify to the unwashed masses how someone could win over Trump according to the vote count. Not what the actual and true un-frauded vote count was.
Business as usual.
It is just waiting until the elites of the world call him the next Hitler, and have their slaves fight the good fight for them against that evil America… Just wait and see. The comb-over is going the same way as the small mustache.
Oh Yes, he wants to release the secret (Imagine in America!!!) 911 files and audit the FEDS owned by….. Nuff Said.