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blue-wave

(4,488 posts)
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 10:36 AM Aug 2018

Rauner And His Friends

The connection between Bruce Rauner and “own the libs” Charlie Kirk pops up again


<snip>Why it matters: With more than 650,000 Twitter followers and the sworn fealty of some of Washington’s most prominent conservatives, Kirk is a provocative firebrand whose proclaimed goal of “owning the libs” all-too-perfectly captures the present state of Donald Trump’s base. Kirk’s messaging and networking in conservative circles has been so effective, in fact, that he claims TPUSA will have raised $15 million by the end of 2018.

The backdrop: Kirk founded TPUSA in 2012, opting not to attend Baylor University and instead use his “rhetorical gifts” to launch a conservative, youth-focused organization with the financial backing of investor Foster Friess and Bruce Rauner, now the Republican governor of Illinois.<snip>

<snip>The Rauner Family Foundation, which provides charitable contributions from Rauner and his wife, DIANA, gave Turning Point USA $100,000 in 2014 and $50,000 in 2015. Rauner was keynote speaker at a Turning Point event, a 2014 group newsletter said. Rauner called Kirk “one of the greatest patriots and one of the greatest advocates for limited government and great conservative principles in the entire United States. … I think the world of this young man. He’s a superstar. I personally will do everything I can to help him expand his reach … because his vision of America is the right vision for America.”<snip>


Full Article: https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/03/the-connection-between-bruce-rauner-and-own-the-libs-charlie-kirk-pops-up-again/


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beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
1. rauner is finished in Illinois and hopefully we see several GOP seats flipped
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 10:39 AM
Aug 2018

I don't care about the right wing ideology or their money people. We have our own and we are MAD

blue-wave

(4,488 posts)
2. I hope you're correct
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 10:42 AM
Aug 2018

Just trying to shine a light on his smarmy friends. The more info we have the better.

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
3. the trump effect has been a blessing in motivating the typical democratic apathetic voter
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 10:44 AM
Aug 2018
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