Posted on 03/03/2016 5:21:53 AM PST by 20yearsofinternet
NEW YORK — Wall Street is getting ready to go nuclear on Donald Trump.
Terrified that the reality TV star could run away with the Republican nomination and bring his brand of anti-immigrant, protectionist populism to the White House, some top financiers are writing big checks to fund an effort to deny Trump a majority of delegates to the GOP convention.
The effort is centered on the recently formed Our Principles PAC, the latest big-money group airing anti-Trump ads, which is run by GOP strategist Katie Packer, deputy campaign manager for Mitt Romney in 2012.
The group, initially funded by $3 million from Marlene Ricketts, wife of billionaire T.D. Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, wants to saturate the expensive Florida airwaves ahead of the state’s March 15 primary with hopes of denying Trump a victory that could crush the hopes of home state Sen. Marco Rubio.
A conference call on Tuesday to solicit donors for the group included Paul Singer, billionaire founder of hedge fund Elliott Management; Hewlett Packard President and CEO Meg Whitman; and Chicago Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts, one of Joe and Marlene Ricketts’ three sons. Wealthy Illinois businessman Richard Uihlein is also expected to help fund the effort. Jim Francis, a big GOP donor and bundler from Texas, was also on the phone call on Tuesday.
One person close to the Our Principles PAC said money will not be an issue.
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Wonder why this is since we keep hearing how Trump is so pro-Wall Street..?
Sure why not. The $100 million spent all ready did not work, why not another $100 million? Thanks to the bail outs and QE that got plenty of tax payer money to burn.
I think we need our own brand of Occupy Wall Street. We need rid the planet of vermin like this.
The forces arrayed against this guy are incredible.
He’s becoming a yuge underdog.
If ‘they’ force him out, then we can no longer teach our kids that “anyone can grow up to be president”.
Nope, gotta be from the right schools and the right family.
You would think with all the anti-Trump support coming from Chicago, they should clean up Chicago first....
Unless their goal is to keep RATS in power.
Post #3 ...Thanks to the bail outs and QE that got plenty of tax payer money to burn...
Good point!
Universal Unified support for locking up the borders.
Stopping the Trade imbalance.
Pop Pop Corn this is going to be fun to watch!
Trump, flushing out more of the rats into the open. If Trump doesn’t get the nomination, at least he has identified the real enemy.
This is the same group that attacked Trump in South Carolina and on Super Tuesday.
Nothing to see here.
Just more reruns of the Russert interview, of the old lady who didn’t want to sell the house and of the Trump university frivolous lawsuit.
Seems like the only ones on Trumps side are the American people.
Nice to see the sh## rising to the top in all categories so we can clearly see who the enemies are
If and when things get straightened out and we are well on our way we will know who not to do business with
Wonder why this is since we keep hearing how Trump is so pro-Wall Street..?
I wonder if they’re saving anything for Hillary. I kind of don’t think so.
Best election EVER!
These Wall Street denizens are retarded. Trump couldn’t dream of a better endorsement than to be attacked by these people.
In addition, for the general election, a percentage of the Sanders supporters will be drawn to Trump and this just makes that draw even stronger.
Trump can make hay out of this during the debate and inoculate himself from any negative ad downside while playing up the “enemy of Wall Street” angle - and do it on national TV for FREE, before these folks spend their millions.
The Establishment still hasn’t figured out the rules of the campaign game have changed. If this is the year of the populist, traditional Establishment conduct is just adding gasoline to the fire, imo.
“Thanks to the bail outs and QE that got plenty of tax payer money to burn”
That is so true! They are afraid he’ll turn off the free money tap.
Seems nobody likes Trump. I wonder who votes for him?
< /sarc >
Best election EVER!
Yep.
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