Dark Money Played a Pivotal Role in Trump's Wisconsin Win

[applegrove]

Dark Money Played a Pivotal Role in Trump’s Wisconsin Win

A confidential report claims that secretive groups targeting independent voters helped tip the balance for Trump in 2016.

by Lisa Graves at Progressive.org

March 2, 2020

https://progressive.org/dispatches/dark-money-pivotal-role-trump-wisconsin-win-graves-200302/

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Two groups from outside of Wisconsin may have been responsible for President Donald Trump’s narrow win in the state in 2016, according to a recently obtained “confidential” report.

The groups have used their “independent” brand name to appeal independents, an advantage Higgins touted to donors at an event in 2015: “Being branded as neutral, but actually having people who know that you’re actually conservative puts us in a unique position.”

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Heather Higgins, an heiress to the Vicks VapoRub fortune who has led the groups’ boards for years, summed up Shaw’s findings: Had the quiz messaging not occurred, “Trump would have received an estimated 215,840 fewer votes in Wisconsin, the state completely written off by all the political professionals.” 

Her website for the group added that without the groups’ intervention, “both Trump and [Wisconsin Republican U.S. Senator Ron] Johnson would otherwise have lost Wisconsin by over 100,000 votes each.” 

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[evertonfc]

1. so, they are more political savvy than we are?

[Nature Man]

2. no

just more evil

[bronxiteforever]

3. Kick and recommend for all to see. Her twitter feed features

retweets of right wing wack job James Woods. Remember her name for the future because I am sure she will be doing dark deeds under her bogus “independent “label.

[stuffmatters]

4. I suspect their deeper success depends on Moscow Money & Cam Analytica too.

Behind the public face of the Vicks Vapo Rub bucks.

[Poiuyt]

5. This makes me sick

We could have had Hilary as president and Russ Feingold as senator. Aarrggg.

[Hestia]

6. Boy, the Phyllis Schlafly School of Anti-Woman runs deep, doesn't it? Open up the rolls of

Dark Money groups, especially since they are breaking the law. It seems the IRS allows law-breaking. Looks like they need to be broken up like the big banks.

[Mr. Sparkle]

7. what is it with right wingers and trying to buy elections?

More of them always seem to popout of the woodwork.