Posted on 07/31/2015 9:13:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In 2012, six Republicans gave $5 million or more over the course of the entire presidential campaign. For 2016, nine Republicans gave $5 million or more in the first six months.
Donors can contribute unlimited amounts to candidates' super PACs, and they have. Here are the nine Republicans who you need to know as their donations shape the primaries.
Dan and Farris Wilks: $15 million
The billionaire brothers made their fortunes in fracking, and along with their wives, are sending $15 million to boost fellow Texans Ted Cruz's presidential campaign.
Robert Mercer: $11.3 million
Mercer, a reclusive hedge funder from New York, was one of the top Republican givers in 2012 and 2014. And he's betting big -- $11 million big -- on Ted Cruz, a senator who managed to raise $38 million despite having weak connections with the donor class.
Mercer also gave $250,000 to Bobby Jindal, and in a somewhat unusual move, reassigned $500,000 that he gave to Cruz's super PAC to Carly Fiorina's.
Toby Neugebauer: $10 million
The Mercers and Wilks are two of three families controlling their own pro-Cruz super PAC. Toby Neugebauer, the son of a congressman and a Houston oil investor, controls another with his $10 million....
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I’d be more convinced if these same “reporters” exposed similar tendencies from the left for balance. It might make them seem unbiased.
Beware of Rich donors bearing gifts.
They can ask for favors from the candidates when elected.
Almost without exception, the favors will be in interest of the rich donors, and not the middle class.
And some say the erudite Cruz is not a corporatist? Ha.
Will there be a similar story on a DNC millionaires club?
Yeah, I thought not.
Yeah, he should just hold bake sales.
Yes. And hire some of the 500% increase iin H1b visa holders he supported to man the stands.
Should I fax you some Kleenex?
Enjoy another Bush administration. I’ll be happily overseas.
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