U.S. Rep. Bob Dold, R-Lincolnshire, has been running hard as a moderate’s moderate in his north suburban 10th District, not only emphasizing his support for gun control and gay rights groups, but underlining that he will not vote for Donald Trump for president.
But Dold has lined up another top Republican to star at his Oct. 5 fundraiser who in some ways is almost as divisive: Gov. Bruce Rauner.
According to an invitation that came my way, the “special guest” at a Glencoe reception and “private round table” is Rauner, whom some like and some hate but who has bitterly battled labor unions and Springfield Democrats most of the past two years. […]
“Raising money with the governor shows Republican Bob Dold’s true priorities lie with the extreme Rauner agenda of attacking labor and working families, cutting the social safety net and restricting access to voting rights,” says [Brad Schneider] spokesman Steven Kirsch.
Today, the Schneider for Congress campaign released a new online ad to shed light on Republican Congressman Bob Dold’s actions to pave the way for a Donald Trump presidency.
Despite his claims that he will not support Donald Trump, Dold recently headlined a local Republican party fundraiser titled “Beat Hillary at the Distillery.”
“Whatever he may say, Republican Bob Dold’s actions show he is raising money to defeat Hillary Clinton and thereby working to elect Donald Trump,” said Schneider for Congress spokesman Steven Kirsch. “This is the same political double-talk Bob Dold use to block the gun safety legislation he claims to back and to introduce legislation to defund Planned Parenthood clinics while claiming he supports women’s health.”
The organizations hosting the event – The Lake County Republican Central Committee, The Lake County Republican Federation, and The Women’s Republican Club of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff – list their support of Donald Trump for President on their websites.
Gov. Rauner pushed this week for meaningful economic and political reforms to bring back Illinois.
In Rockford, he highlighted the need for job-creating reforms to grow manufacturing jobs. In an op-ed published by the Springfield Journal-Register, Gov. Rauner explained the need for the legislature to pass redistricting reform following the Supreme Court’s decision to block a citizen’s initiative to enact Fair Maps.
Please take a moment to learn more by reviewing the updates below.
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FACEBOOK LIVE
On Tuesday, Gov. Rauner participated in his first ever Facebook Live forum - taking questions live from participants on the popular social media platform. He answered questions on the state’s budget, the need for term limits, redistricting reform and other topics.
* The liberal Illinois Working Together group posted a Facebook video on Wednesday touting what it stated were Gov. Rauner’s “four most outrageous claims” during his Facebook Live chat.
* Rauner’s video is much longer, of course, and people greatly prefer short videos. So, the Rauner folks posted a new video yesterday that’s only about a minute and a half long and already has 2,500 views. The new video talks solely about the new state bicentennial commission. Good idea.
