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| | '''The Club for Growth''', nicknamed "Club for [[Chinese]] Growth" because of its support for phony [[free trade]] at the expense of [[American]] jobs, is a [[libertarian]]-leaning [[economic]] group funded by wealthy donors. The organization has been known for endorsing and funding fiscally [[conservative]] candidates over moderates and [[Democrats]]. Club for Growth’s political action committee has been heavily involved in funding candidates who favor lowering taxes, and sometimes against [[Trump]]-endorsed "America First" candidates. Perhaps learning from its past defeats by [[conservative]], pro-Trump candidates, in February 2023 Club for Growth endorsed [[Rick Scott]] (R-FL) while criticizing [[RINO]] Sen. [[Mitch McConnell]] (R-KY).<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/15/club-for-growth-rick-scott-mcconnell-00082926</ref> | | '''The Club for Growth''', nicknamed "Club for [[Chinese]] Growth" because of its support for phony [[free trade]] at the expense of [[American]] jobs, is a [[libertarian]]-leaning [[economic]] group funded by wealthy donors. The organization has been known for endorsing and funding fiscally [[conservative]] candidates over moderates and [[Democrats]]. Club for Growth’s political action committee has been heavily involved in funding candidates who favor lowering taxes, and sometimes against [[Trump]]-endorsed "America First" candidates. Perhaps learning from its past defeats by [[conservative]], pro-Trump candidates, in February 2023 Club for Growth endorsed [[Rick Scott]] (R-FL) while criticizing [[RINO]] Sen. [[Mitch McConnell]] (R-KY).<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/15/club-for-growth-rick-scott-mcconnell-00082926</ref> |
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| | + | Club for Growth advances the agenda of [[private equity]] funds, whose managers contribute to the Club. For many years the president of Club for Growth was [[Opposition to Donald Trump|anti-Trump]] [[Patrick Toomey]], who became a two-term U.S. Senator that prevented repeal of the tax loophole for [[private equity]] and then joined one of the private equity funds within two months of leaving the Senate. Toomey pandered to private equity funds by voting for the second sham [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] of [[Trump]] merely days before the end of his term, and Toomey generally pushed [[globalism|globalist]] [[free trade]] at the expense of working [[Pennsylvania]]ns. |
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| | [[Conservative populism|Conservative populist]] [[JD Vance]] overcame millions of dollars in negative ads run against him by the Club for Growth in the May 3, 2022, [[Ohio]] [[GOP]] [[U.S. Senate]] primary, and criticized the Club for Growth in his victory speech. However, to the credit of Club for Growth, it made a last-minute $5.5 million expenditure in support of [[conservative]] [[Blake Masters]] in his bid for [[U.S. Senate]] in [[Arizona]], in the last week of that campaign.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/10/30/club-for-growth-unleashes-5-5-million-to-boost-blake-masters/</ref> | | [[Conservative populism|Conservative populist]] [[JD Vance]] overcame millions of dollars in negative ads run against him by the Club for Growth in the May 3, 2022, [[Ohio]] [[GOP]] [[U.S. Senate]] primary, and criticized the Club for Growth in his victory speech. However, to the credit of Club for Growth, it made a last-minute $5.5 million expenditure in support of [[conservative]] [[Blake Masters]] in his bid for [[U.S. Senate]] in [[Arizona]], in the last week of that campaign.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/10/30/club-for-growth-unleashes-5-5-million-to-boost-blake-masters/</ref> |
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| − | In 2005, the organization came under criticism, which led to the founding of another organization by some of its former members: the [[Free Enterprise Fund]].<ref>http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/7/8/95300.shtml</ref> | + | In 2005, the organization came under criticism, which led to the founding of another organization by some of its former members: the [[Free Enterprise Fund]].<ref>http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/7/8/95300.shtml</ref> Since 2015, the president of Club for Growth has been David McIntosh, a former congressman and founder of the [[Federalist Society]]. |
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| − | For years the president of Club for Growth was anti-[[Trump]] [[Patrick Toomey]], who generally promoted [[globalism|globalist]] [[free trade]] at the expense of working [[Pennsylvania]]ns. In 2015, it is David McIntosh, a former congressman and founder of the [[Federalist Society]].
| + | On July 26, 2023, it was disclosed that Club for Growth would support [[Republican]] [[House]] members who opposed Speaker [[Kevin McCarthy]] (R-CA).<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/house-republicans-opposed-mccarthy-speakership-given-major-gift/</ref> |
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