The privatization agenda was birthed by segregationists in the 1950s, but it was kept alive in subsequent decades by Milton Friedman and sustained by
wealthy conservative donors (and the infrastructure built with their dollars).
When so many
wealthy conservative donors were staying away from Trump, the Mercers went all - in, and it's hardly a stretch to suggest that without Robert Mercer, there is no President Trump.
But it has also battered the nascent political network overseen by
wealthy conservative donor Rebekah Mercer, which is financed by her father, Robert, a hard - line conservative billionaire.
Former Rep. Steve Stockman misused money he had solicited from
a wealthy conservative donor, spending none of it on the charity for which it was intended, according to testimony heard this week.
Not exact matches
Ball says she travels all over the country courting
wealthy conservatives and libertarians, and attends Koch
donor retreats and Cato «shareholder» meetings.
Field organizing has been a top priority this year of Americans for Prosperity, the
conservative advocacy group backed by the billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch and other
wealthy donors.
«They will cost us money and we will be competing with the
Conservatives, whose
wealthy donors have much deeper pockets,» he wrote.
However, without offering the kind of tax cuts touted by the
Conservatives it's difficult to see how it might attract sufficient support from
wealthy donors to make up the shortfall.
Though the original email suggested that Romney and Republican elites were the target (it included lines like «we need a bold Reagan
conservative to debate Obama» and «this campaign is going to continue to rely on millions of patriots from across the country rather than just a handful of
wealthy donors and bundlers»), a subsequent message focused on the incumbent:
The
Conservatives may be reluctant to accept that limit because of their reliance on a small group of
wealthy donors.
The
Conservatives consistently spend close to the # 19m general election spending limit, and are currently in the middle of a spending drive among their
wealthy donors.
Singer is one of New York's
wealthiest and most politically - active GOP
donors, and he has given to the
Conservative Party at least once before.
David Cameron faced demands for an independent inquiry into «cash - for - access» allegations after the
Conservative Party released a list of
wealthy donors, who had attended private meals hosted by the Prime Minister.
In 2002, Dick DeVos addressed the Heritage Foundation, emphasizing the need for his audience (
wealthy, white
conservative donors and activists) to remain behind the scenes and have other faces as the public advocates of school choice.
In fact, the Obama presidency became viable in part because many of his early
donors were
wealthy liberals and some
conservatives connected to foundations and Wall Street, who themselves were advocates for school choice.