Conservatives, we have been betrayed again. We’ve been had. Illinois State GOP co-chairman Mark Shaw has tapped a Never Trumper, Helene Walsh, wife of anti-Trump former Rep. Joe Walsh, a supporter of Governor Rauner, to fill Nick Sauer’s 51st district seat and appear on the November 2018 ballot. This is political cronyism of the worst […]
Category: HB40
McCann signs in downstate counties that went for Rauner
I spy with my Illinois eye. Downstate here. The big news is that I saw my first Sam McCann for Governor yard sign downstate the other day. The sign was in a downstate county that is succeeding economically. I know what you’re thinking and yes- there ARE economically successful downstate areas. In 2014, more than 70% […]
Rauner’s top donor Uihlein doles out $3.5 million to Dan Proft’s PAC
Real GOP Illinois predicted it and we were right: Dan Proft’s Liberty Principles PAC is still sucking at the Rauner money trough. Richard Uihlein, one of Rauner’s biggest donors, sneaked in a $3.5 million contribution to Proft’s PAC over the weekend. Proft is using the funds to help Rauner-tied candidates in the 2018 general election, just […]
Rauner’s legacy: 274 precent jump in taxpayer-funded abortion
In September, Governor Bruce Rauner signed a bill expanding public financing for abortions in Illinois. The bill, HB40, permits abortion coverage by state employee health insurance and Medicaid funds. The proposal also safeguards abortion access by striking statutory language expressing the state’s intent to criminalize the procedure if the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized […]
Rauner makes millions from state detention centers, union pension deals
After signing the unpopular Illinois Trust Act – which makes Illinois a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants – a new report reveals Governor Bruce Rauner’s firm makes millions of dollars from his interest in a for-profit health care provider that has millions in government contracts with immigrant detention centers. Conservatives called out Rauner as a […]
Brady says Sen. Sam McCann is a force to be reckoned with, could hurt Rauner
Conservative voters show no signs of forgiving Governor Bruce Rauner over his betrayal on abortion and illegal immigration. Last fall, Rauner signed two major Democrat bills to give Illinois sanctuary state status and forcing Illinois taxpayers to fund abortions on demand. If conservative voters have forgotten, Sen. Sam McCann is running as the Conservative Party […]
Did Jeanne Ives blow the primary race to help Rauner?
Did Rep. Jeanne Ives throw the March 20th primary to Rauner? Let Real GOP Illinois count the reasons why Ives could have/would have bungled the primary race. There was only one way for Ives to lose on March 20th – she threw it! 1. Ives didn’t need to do anything to defeat Rauner; he had […]
Wall Street Journal Gets Smacked for Praising Rauner
Jeanne Ives, the Republican challenger to Governor Bruce Rauner has penned an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal, “Rauner Not the Answer to Illinois’ Problems,” challenging a piece praising the failed Governor. Subscribers can read the response here. “Regarding James Taranto’s “The Weekend Interview with Bruce Rauner: Bruce Rauner vs. the Illinois ‘Mafia’” (March […]
Three strikes and he’s out: Rauner’s a goner if he signs Madigan’s anti-gun bills
Governor Rauner is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t and the Democrats want it that way. After forcing Governor Rauner to choose sides on abortion and illegal immigration last fall, the Democrats are at it again with four anti-gun bills intended to fire up the GOP’s conservative base yet again. Capitol Fax’s Rich […]
Crain’s trashes Rauner but endorses him anyway
The Illinois media hates, hates, hates Governor Bruce Rauner but it didn’t stop the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune and Crain’s Chicago Business from endorsing the failed Republican Governor over his opponent conservative Rep. Jeanne Ives (IL-42). The rationale behind their endorsement: Ives’ transgender ad was too repellent, making her unelectable and despite Rauner’s lack of […]