2017 was the year Rauner (and his friends) wrecked the Illinois GOP and pulled out the rug from pro-life and pro-Trump voters. Is it safe to say Rauner & Co. decimated the landscape for Republican candidates, possibly, probably insuring statewide defeats for Republicans for years to come? Rauner and his money grabbers at Illinois Policy […]
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Pro-Rauner Mark Shaw taps Never Trumper Walsh for Sauer seat
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 […]
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 […]
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Rauner allies pledge to form phony “conservative” coalition
A new group of conservative reform leaders is forming – the problem is the group is controlled by Rauner allies John Tillman, Dan Proft, and Pat Hughes. Allies of embattled Republican Governor Bruce Rauner held a press conference last week to “lay out the case for leadership change and introduce a slate of new leaders […]
Proft slips, admits Rauner ordered him to primary Sam McCann (Video)
During a heated debate at the City Club of Chicago with former Illinois GOP chairman, Pat Brady, low-rated radio host Dan Proft slipped up and made a damaging admission: He and his PAC, Liberty Principles PAC, primaried pro-life Sen. Sam McCann at the behest of Governor Bruce Rauner in 2016. (See video @:40) Merriam- Webster […]
Is Dan Proft having cash flow problems?
I spy with my Illinois eye. Downstate here. Spring is the time that farmers have to plant. They don’t have a choice because if they stop planting then their loans come due and the jig is up. Is the jig up for Dan Proft and his Liberty Principles PAC? Liberty Principles PAC started 2018 with […]
Illinois Policy Institute caught retweeting Rauner’s Janus case praise
Illinois Policy Institute, you doth protest too much. Why did you retweet Rauner’s tweet praising the Janus case? You said he was politicizing the Janus case for political gain. What gives? On February 19, Patrick Hughes, President of the Liberty Justice Center, the legal arm of the Illinois Policy Institute (IPI), blasted Governor Rauner in […]
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 […]
McCann independent bid could spell doom for Rauner
In a surprise move, pro-life conservative Sen. Sam McCann (R-Plainview) announced Monday he would not seek re-election to his 50th state senate district seat. Is he retiring? Anonymous sources say the wording of the senator’s announcement leaves the door open for a possible independent run for Illinois Governor against Bruce Rauner. Could it happen? In […]