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发帖数: 12895 | 1 A single billionaire provided the lion's share of the money to the main
Republican super-PAC set up to destroy Donald Trump.
Marlene Ricketts, the matriarch of the Ricketts family that owns the Chicago
Cubs baseball team, contributed $3 million to the anti-Trump super-PAC "Our
Principles PAC," which is being run by former Mitt Romney adviser Katie
Packer.
The super-PAC has spent more than $4 million running attack ads against the
GOP front-runner in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. It is the only
serious anti-Trump group to date, in a campaign cycle where Republicans have
been reluctant to take on their front-runner.
Until now, the identities of the donors funding Our Principles PAC had been
kept secret, fueling the rumor mill in Washington. But the Federal Election
Commission reveals that almost all the money came from Ricketts. The donor's
identity was first reported by The New York Times.
Ricketts' family had previously given $5 million to a super-PAC supporting
the failed presidential bid of Scott Walker. The family is yet to swing its
full weight behind another presidential candidate, but clearly likes both
Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. In June last year, Marlene Ricketts gave $10,000
to super-PACs supporting Rubio and Cruz.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/fundraising/270184-secret-a |
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