During the first
weekend in April, Republican leaders in the House and Senate held a retreat
with the Republican Main Street Partnership on Florida’s Amelia Island. No
ordinary conservative political powwow, the meeting brought together
establishment Republicans and leftist-supported advocacy groups, whose shared
interests include neutralizing the conservative grassroots movement and passing
legislative items on the Left’s agenda.
The meeting was
hosted at the Ritz Carlton by the Republican Main Street Partnership’s offshoot
“Main Street Advocacy.” Former Ohio Congressman and left-wing Republican Steve
LaTourette fronts the group.
How left-wing? In
2013, Yahoo reported that LaTourette was ready to drop
the word “Republican” from the Republican Main Street Partnership and accept
Democrats into the fold. A month later, he partially backed off, insisting the group wouldn’t support
Democrats even if it changed its name—while he still maintained the group would
“work collaboratively with anybody who wants to find common sense solutions.”
Yet in a series of articles for entities such as Politico, the Washington Post, and Newsweek, LaTourette made it clear that he
sees conservatives as the primary source of congressional dysfunction…… RedState’s
Erick Erickson compiled
a list of contributors to Defending Main Street PAC. Further exploration of
those contributors reveals the disturbing level of collaboration between
Republican leadership and their leftist supporters. They include David
Bonderman, the multi-billionaire founder of Ft. Worth, Texas-based TPG Capital.
His campaign contributions have overwhelmingly favored Democratic candidates,
as well as Democrat PACs and Super-PACs. ….To Read More…..
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