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Consider Leslie Munger, a two-time failed establishment candidate who’s never won an election, who said,
“I’m struck by the number of people who have never run for office, never run a campaign, never canvassed thousands of doors, never raised millions of dollars to support Republican political efforts, and/or never contributed substantial funds to the ILGOP or a specific candidate are now the loudest voices complaining about the results of this election.”
Munger then finished her sentence with,
“I have done all of the above.”
Or former state central committee member Lynn O’Brien, who endorsed the Richard Irvin for Governor campaign, publicly commenting on a recent Facebook post writing,
“We can’t or shouldn’t complain if we haven’t given money…”
But the most shocking comment goes to senior IL GOP official and chairman of the finance committee – who provided the financial update during Saturday’s state central committee meeting, Vince Kolber, a multi-millionaire businessman – who’s registered to vote in Illinois and Wisconsin, and asked a pompous question to a room full of hardworking grassroots conservatives,
“I assume all of you have donated to the IL GOP?”
And when the room yelled back,
“No!”
He replied,
“No? Then what are you doing here?”
The belittling, arrogant and out-of-touch comment drew an immediate reaction from the crowd, still stunned that a GOP leader would say something so offensive to a room full of hardworking, grassroots patriots – many of whom had driven hours, just for their voices to be heard.
And judging by the negative reaction from the crowd, state central committee member and ally of Kolber, Jeanne Ives, jumped up from her seat in defense of Kolber, screaming,
“Vince is not your problem! This man gave me $750,000 when I ran against Gov. Bruce Rauner!”
Again, reiterating the point that the establishment makes every time – that only money matters – and if you donate to the party, then you can say whatever you want.
But Illinois Review recently has learned that 8 of the 17, or 48% of the state central committee members have not made any donation to the IL GOP.
That’s worth repeating again.
48% of the state central committee members have not donated to the organization (IL GOP) for which they serve on the governing body.
Here are some of those members, but not all of them.
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