March 22, 2016
By Leigh Ann Caldwell
Efforts to derail (click here) the momentum of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump have been financed by a small number of Republican donors. Just two families have financed nearly two-thirds - 62 percent - of the total efforts by two of the main organizations attempting to stop the nomination of Trump.
The Ricketts family, who own the Chicago Cubs, and the Stephens family, Arkansas based investors, have given a total of $8.25 million in January and February to two super PACs this year, according to the latest filings to the Federal Election Committee.
Our Principles PAC has collected $7.78 million dollars since its inception in January. Of that, $5 million, or 64 percent, is from Joe and Marlene Ricketts, owners of the Chicago Cubs and founders of TD Ameritrade...
The Kochs are thinking about joining the anti-Trump movement. It is a corrupt set of values. Why should a few families have the power to direct a political party in the USA?
I still say this supposed movement to stop Donald Trump from realizing his goals of winning the nomination is nothing but corruption and speaks to the wayward values of the establishment Republicans.
It is all about control for the wealth.
In 1995 Joe Ricketts (click here) merged his Nebraska-based discount stock brokerage with a small online trading firm to form Ameritrade, and took it public two years later. In 2006, Ricketts led AmeritradeA to acquire TD Waterhouse for $1.7 billion, and renamed the company TD Ameritrade. Ricketts stepped down as chairman in 2008; he and his family own just under 12% of the company and his son Todd sits on the board....
It is all corruption by the wealthy. There is not 47 percent here and they want to keep it that way. The question is, who is hijacking the Republican Party and it's process to the convention?
About Stevens (click here)
It is private money, but, it isn't money in a private market and exclusive interests. The anti-Trump CAPITALISTS are scared of losing a dime or two. The are the equivalent of Romney and Bain Capital.
I never thought I'd be on the same side with Sarah Palin, but, these guys need to be stopped. They could not care less about the little guy who is holding on to a dream with Donald Trump.
Donald Trump is not making money, he has dedicated himself to an honest fight. Ricketts and Stevens are nothing but corruption and power leveraging. The circumstances of the people standing with Trump won't change and it needs to change. Even the Democrats would agree these folks need a break.
By Leigh Ann Caldwell
Efforts to derail (click here) the momentum of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump have been financed by a small number of Republican donors. Just two families have financed nearly two-thirds - 62 percent - of the total efforts by two of the main organizations attempting to stop the nomination of Trump.
The Ricketts family, who own the Chicago Cubs, and the Stephens family, Arkansas based investors, have given a total of $8.25 million in January and February to two super PACs this year, according to the latest filings to the Federal Election Committee.
Our Principles PAC has collected $7.78 million dollars since its inception in January. Of that, $5 million, or 64 percent, is from Joe and Marlene Ricketts, owners of the Chicago Cubs and founders of TD Ameritrade...
The Kochs are thinking about joining the anti-Trump movement. It is a corrupt set of values. Why should a few families have the power to direct a political party in the USA?
I still say this supposed movement to stop Donald Trump from realizing his goals of winning the nomination is nothing but corruption and speaks to the wayward values of the establishment Republicans.
It is all about control for the wealth.
In 1995 Joe Ricketts (click here) merged his Nebraska-based discount stock brokerage with a small online trading firm to form Ameritrade, and took it public two years later. In 2006, Ricketts led AmeritradeA to acquire TD Waterhouse for $1.7 billion, and renamed the company TD Ameritrade. Ricketts stepped down as chairman in 2008; he and his family own just under 12% of the company and his son Todd sits on the board....
It is all corruption by the wealthy. There is not 47 percent here and they want to keep it that way. The question is, who is hijacking the Republican Party and it's process to the convention?
It is private money, but, it isn't money in a private market and exclusive interests. The anti-Trump CAPITALISTS are scared of losing a dime or two. The are the equivalent of Romney and Bain Capital.
I never thought I'd be on the same side with Sarah Palin, but, these guys need to be stopped. They could not care less about the little guy who is holding on to a dream with Donald Trump.
Donald Trump is not making money, he has dedicated himself to an honest fight. Ricketts and Stevens are nothing but corruption and power leveraging. The circumstances of the people standing with Trump won't change and it needs to change. Even the Democrats would agree these folks need a break.
