GOP donor threatens to cut off support for Republicans who don't back DACA

[Right_in_Virginia]

GOP donor threatens to cut off support for Republicans who don't back DACA
The Hill, May 24, 2018, Josh Delk

A major GOP donor says he may stop giving money to Republican lawmakers if they refuse to pass a bill providing protections for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

David MacNeil, who gave President Trump's inaugural committee more than $1 million, says he'll cut off funding to any Republican not in favor of a solution for keeping the so-called "Dreamers" in the U.S.

“I’m saying this as a political donor who’s donated seven figures in the last couple of years: I will not donate any more money to anyone who doesn’t support DACA, period,” MacNeil told Politico. “I’m putting my money where my mouth is.”

A second pro-immigrant businessman, John Rowe, also told the newspaper this week that he would stop donating to lawmakers who don't back a Democratic-led effort in the House to mandate a vote on immigration bills.


More:  http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/389315-gop-donor-to-cut-off-republicans-who-dont-back-daca

[Right_in_Virginia]

Go ahead ..... make my day.

[Frank Cannon]

Well Dave you can take your overpriced floor mats and shove them up your fat ass.

[Frank Cannon]

Looks like ICE should be raiding WeatherTech and Exelon tomorrow morning. Looks like we have some users of cut rate illegal labor here.

[Fantom]

Who is  David MacNeil https://www.superyachtfan.com/yacht-w.html

Well, I guess I will not be buying any weathertec product.

Kinda' funny, next month I will be working for the man who produced "Rhino Liners". One of my richest customers. Comes in a far second to the top I suspect. Bob only had 100 workers. Joan had 5000.

Still, they are great people. Met Bob after the 2016 election, we talked some politics. He was  Romney man, I was/am a Cruz man. Bob said he sold his company because he thought Hillary was going to win...said he probably lost 10-20 million doing so.

[Chosen Daughter]

Looks like ICE should be raiding WeatherTech and Exelon tomorrow morning. Looks like we have some users of cut rate illegal labor here.

Oh, say it aint so!  The company with all the television ads saying made in America?  Well who cares?  This is the problem with government.  It is corrupt because people can and do buy what they want.

[txradioguy]

A major GOP donor says he may stop giving money to Republican lawmakers if they refuse to pass a bill providing protections for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

David MacNeil, who gave President Trump's inaugural committee more than $1 million, says he'll cut off funding to any Republican not in favor of a solution for keeping the so-called Dreamers in the U.S.

"I'm saying this as a political donor who's donated seven figures in the last couple of years: I will not donate any more money to anyone who doesn't support DACA, period," MacNeil told Politico. "I'm putting my money where my mouth is."

A second pro-immigrant businessman, John Rowe, also told the newspaper this week that he would stop donating to lawmakers who don't back a Democratic-led effort in the House to mandate a vote on immigration bills.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/389315-gop-donor-to-cut-off-republicans-who-dont-back-daca?amp

[WarmPotato]

LET HIM CUT IT! He just wants cheap labor - disgusting.

[Applewood]

I really hate this aspect of our electoral system.  If I had my druthers, there would be no political parties, no lobbyists and no need for campaign donors.  All of them exert way too much influence over our elected representatives.  Those representatives are supposed to be working for us, not the parties, special interests or donors.  Campaign donors have become extortionists.  It's just not right.

Mybe Mr MacNeil should just give his money to the Democrats.  I hear their fundraising has been a bit slow lately.  And he would be assured that they will be only too happy to support DACA.

[Right_in_Virginia]

More here:  http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,317454.0.html

[IsailedawayfromFR]

I really hate this aspect of our electoral system.  If I had my druthers, there would be no political parties, no lobbyists and no need for campaign donors.  All of them exert way too much influence over our elected representatives.  Those representatives are supposed to be working for us, not the parties, special interests or donors.  Campaign donors have become extortionists.  It's just not right.

Mybe Mr MacNeil should just give his money to the Democrats.  I hear their fundraising has been a bit slow lately.  And he would be assured that they will be only too happy to support DACA.

No way one could ever curtail political spending.  When one tries like McCain famously did with McCain-Feingold, all one did was to prohibit certain types of contributions while alternative types were strengthened.

The best remedy is to ensure widespread disclosures occur.

[Mod5]

Topics merged.

[Chosen Daughter]

A major GOP donor says he may stop giving money to Republican lawmakers if they refuse to pass a bill providing protections for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

David MacNeil, who gave President Trump's inaugural committee more than $1 million, says he'll cut off funding to any Republican not in favor of a solution for keeping the so-called Dreamers in the U.S.

"I'm saying this as a political donor who's donated seven figures in the last couple of years: I will not donate any more money to anyone who doesn't support DACA, period," MacNeil told Politico. "I'm putting my money where my mouth is."

A second pro-immigrant businessman, John Rowe, also told the newspaper this week that he would stop donating to lawmakers who don't back a Democratic-led effort in the House to mandate a vote on immigration bills.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/389315-gop-donor-to-cut-off-republicans-who-dont-back-daca?amp

This guy gave a million to the Inaugural committee.  He was expecting Trump to protect illegals.  If Trump was the anti immigration president he said he was during the campaign he would have given it back.  I personally never expected Trump to live up to campaign promises.  But he should end DACA.  Its a little late for all the ones who are here.  The ones that we sent for free schooling.  But we can send their folks who brought them here by breaking the law home.

[endicom]

I'm so old I can remember when they'd deny vote buying.

[LauraTXNM]

I really hate this aspect of our electoral system.  If I had my druthers, there would be no political parties, no lobbyists and no need for campaign donors.  All of them exert way too much influence over our elected representatives.  Those representatives are supposed to be working for us, not the parties, special interests or donors.  Campaign donors have become extortionists.  It's just not right.

Mybe Mr MacNeil should just give his money to the Democrats.  I hear their fundraising has been a bit slow lately.  And he would be assured that they will be only too happy to support DACA.

@Applewood  I agree with you.  The only solution I've ever seen, is for campaigns to be shortened, each candidate given a certain lump sum and an amount of air time, and anyone who accepts donations to be publically announced.  If the public decided they wouldn't back candidates who took outside funding, eventually it would become more of a liability.  We'd have to pony up money to all candidates and then work to change the culture.

[Cyber Liberty]

@Applewood  I agree with you.  The only solution I've ever seen, is for campaigns to be shortened, each candidate given a certain lump sum and an amount of air time, and anyone who accepts donations to be publically announced.  If the public decided they wouldn't back candidates who took outside funding, eventually it would become more of a liability.  We'd have to pony up money to all candidates and then work to change the culture.

I have some quibbles.  The leftists have proven a flaw with the public announcements of donors:  They go after donors to candidates they don't like, trying to destroy them.  I don't think that's good for public discourse and speech (look at how Publix is no longer allowed to support candidates because of one little boy with a big mouth and a media megaphone). 

I also don't care much for publicly funded campaigns because I don't think I should be forced to financially support political views I find abhorrent.  Thomas Jefferson had a saying about that.

[Right_in_Virginia]

@Applewood  I agree with you.  The only solution I've ever seen, is for campaigns to be shortened, each candidate given a certain lump sum and an amount of air time, and anyone who accepts donations to be publically announced.  If the public decided they wouldn't back candidates who took outside funding, eventually it would become more of a liability.  We'd have to pony up money to all candidates and then work to change the culture.

Good plan, except political contributions are considered a form of free speech.  You can't tell folks to shut up about a candidate they prefer or to speak up for a candidate they don't want.  Americans can contribute to any one or all candidates they choose (subject to federal maximums per candidate).  [https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/19/politics/sotu-fec-mccutcheon-scotus-political-donations-free-speech/index.html ]

BTW, political contributions are "announced".  The information is available online.  You can even Google a person's name or any company and "political contributions" to access the information.

[edpc]

This guy is just being a little more candid than the Koch brothers.


http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/27/koch-brothers-all-in-for-amnesty-we-need-to-know-theres-going-to-be-no-reduction-to-legal-immigration/

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/21/billionaire-koch-execs-to-gop-leadership-seize-spending-bill-to-give-daca-illegal-aliens-amnesty/

[LauraTXNM]

Good plan, except political contributions are considered a form of free speech.  You can't tell folks to shut up about a candidate they prefer or to speak up for a candidate they don't want.  Americans can contribute to any one or all candidates they choose (subject to federal maximums per candidate).  [https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/19/politics/sotu-fec-mccutcheon-scotus-political-donations-free-speech/index.html ]

BTW, political contributions are "announced".  The information is available online.  You can even Google a person's name or any company and "political contributions" to access the information.

Right, @Right_in_Virginia!  I never suggested forbidding anything.  But if taxpayers fund each campaign with a certain sum and guarantee a certain amount of public advertising, it would be easier to discourage candidates from taking donor money.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Right, @Right_in_Virginia!  I never suggested forbidding anything.  But if taxpayers fund each campaign ....

I'm not a fan of this idea @LauraTXNM   I don't want my money going to a candidate I'd rather send to the dustbin of history.  And the courts, so far, agree.

[Bigun]

This is how it works. No one in Washington actually represents the people who elect them.

[rangerrebew]

    Trump donor to cut off GOP contributions over DACA

    By NATASHA KORECKI
    05/24/2018 06:39 PM EDT

    CHICAGO — A Chicago-area businessman who has donated more than $1 million to President Donald Trump is threatening to deny contributions to Republican candidates unless they act on an immigration bill before Congress.

    David MacNeil, who employs more than 1,100 people through his Bolingbrook-based WeatherTech automotive company, told POLITICO in an interview that the issue has grown deeply personal, given that a top employee in his company could face deportation if a deal isn’t reached for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

 
    https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...acneili-607973

[skeeter]

Assuming this guy now wants DACA normalized, why would he give a million dollars to the campaign of the guy who made getting tough on illegal immigration central to his platform?

[Cyber Liberty]

Right, @Right_in_Virginia!  I never suggested forbidding anything.  But if taxpayers fund each campaign with a certain sum and guarantee a certain amount of public advertising, it would be easier to discourage candidates from taking donor money.

No.  We do it in AZ and I hate it.  I hate funding the election campaigns of socialists.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

No.  We do it in AZ and I hate it.  I hate funding the election campaigns of socialists.

When one voluntarily pays taxes like that, one will know how many of the public support them.

I wonder if anyone knows how many people check off the $1 fund on the 1040 that goes to the Presidential campaign?