Posted on 02/07/2014 3:26:10 PM PST by cotton1706
A Republican super PAC committed to defeating the tea party in 2014 congressional primaries is mostly funded by labor unions.
The super PAC Defending Main Street, formed by moderate Republican and former congressman Steve LaTourette, has committed itself to destroying tea party challenges to establishment GOP candidates in the 2014 midterm elections.
“Hopefully we’ll go into eight to 10 races and beat the snot out of them,” LaTourette said. His PAC has already committed itself to defending Republican Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson from tea party opponent Bryan Smith, who is backed by the conservative Club for Growth due to Simpson’s support for the Wall Street bailout. Defending Main Street also aims to defend incumbent House Republicans Aaron Schock and Adam Kinzinger and West Virginia Senate candidate Shelley Moore Capito.
The PAC hopes to raise $8 million this election cycle to wage war with the tea party. So far, the PAC has raised only $845,000, and most of it came from labor unions, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) receipts.
The PAC hopes to raise $8 million this election cycle to wage war with the tea party. So far, the PAC has raised only $845,000, and most of it came from labor unions, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) receipts.
The PAC picked up only seven donors in late 2013 and five of them were unions or union-affiliated PAC’s.
The Laborers’ Political League Education Fund donated $100,000 to Defending Main Street.
The International Union of Operating Engineers gave $250,000.
The Laborers’ International Union of North America gave $150,000.
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We'll see a$$hole!
It won’t make any difference. Its no different than the usual fight conservatives face against the combined efforts of GOPe, democrats, and unions.
Yes you did, you commie azzhat. You and your like were put into office by people who were bamboozled into thinking that you were conservative when in fact that you and your like are card caring lowlife scumbags who only believe in yourself and the once, almighty dollar. So go to your local town hall and change your affiliation to Democrat. That, is your party.
Conservatives need to remember that Republicans are not “Conservatives” and are the natural Enemy of the Freedom loving, Constitution supporting, Conservative members of the Tea Party.
Scratch a “Moderate Republican”, and you’ll see their true color.
It’s a myth.
Shut up moron and raise YOUR OWN TAXES. The American people have had enough of that bull****!
So basically, this Moderate Republican PAC is nothing but a leftist fundraising organization devoted to push a statist agenda.
Funny, it's exactly what the conservative base claims that Moderate Republicans are.
Wonder if the moderates see the irony of that.
Not a very big tent when the only people under it are the old clowns.
What a rude awakening you are in for, Miss LaTourette.
I don’t think all of this union money is going to help the “moderates” much.
“Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.And I think that even the unions are willing to respect the federal government's limited powers when patriots get them up to speed with it.
If anything it will hurt moderates and democrats alike.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
““Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.”
Does the present federal Chief Executive acknowledge that any governmental purposes are the exclusive province of the States.
Tea party Republicans are the only moderate Republicans.
The repubs did start the fight? Why do they think the Tea Party even started? It was because of the poor representation by the repub losers.
Indeed. It never ends.
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