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lunasun

(21,646 posts) Mon Nov 27, 2017, 07:54 PM Nov 2017

Illinois resident is the biggest backer in recent months of Roy Moore -AL

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — A new Federal Election Commission filing reveals a man with local ties is the biggest funder in recent months of a political action committee seeking to salvage Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore’s campaign.

Records show Lake Forest resident Richard Uihlein donated $100,000 this month to the Proven Conservative PAC.
Reports say the money is being used to launch a series of TV ads in Alabama. They’re meant to fight back against allegations Moore made inappropriate sexual advances on teenage girls when he was in his 30s.

Uihlein founded a shipping supplies company based just over the border in Wisconsin.
He’s been a big backer of conservative candidates for Congress in Illinois. He also helped fund the Illinois Policy Institute, a group with close ties to Gov. Bruce Rauner IL

http://wgntv.com/2017/11/27/illinois-resident-big-backer-of-roy-moore/

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Illinois resident is the biggest backer in recent months of Roy Moore -AL (Original Post) lunasun Nov 2017 OP

And there is the campaign ad to take down Rauner in 2018! Chasstev365 Nov 2017 #1

The IPS, a subsidiary of the State Policy Network, guillaumeb Nov 2017 #2

Chasstev365

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1. And there is the campaign ad to take down Rauner in 2018!

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Mon Nov 27, 2017, 07:56 PM

Nov 2017

guillaumeb

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2. The IPS, a subsidiary of the State Policy Network,

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Mon Nov 27, 2017, 08:53 PM

Nov 2017

is also funded by the Koch brothers. These billionaires are so lightly taxed that they can spend billions constructing a right wing publicity/disinformation machine, as well as supporting candidates all over the country.

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