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 […]
Category: HB40
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 […]
UNREAL: Proft PAC spends $12K+ on pro-Mike Madigan mailing
Somebody needs to explain this…Liberty Principles PAC, run by Dan Proft, disclosed a $12,375.53 donation in support of Michael Madigan’s campaign in its B-1 filings at the Illinois State Board of Elections Sunday. The 2/18 disclosure lists $12,375.53 to RHA Marketing for a mailing sent by Liberty Principles PAC IN SUPPORT OF House Speaker Michael […]
Conservatives 2nd Nybo’s call to investigate Rauner-funded Illinois Policy Institute
Sen. Chris Nybo (R-Elmhurst) is calling on Republicans to consider a Joint House Senate Resolution calling for investigations by the IRS, the FBI, or the Attorney General into the non-profit groups run by John Tillman and the Illinois Policy Institute in response to a story in the Chicago Sun-Times. As conservatives, Real GOP Illinois seconds that […]