They intend to pour money into primaries supporting establishment Republicans who will support their agenda of comprehensive “immigration reform,” a long-term highway bill, and renewal of the Import-Export Bank.
The Chamber has an impressive record, winning 14 out of 15 of the offices they have invested in. In 2014 they spent $70 million, mostly helping Republicans to take over the Senate.
Specific targets of the Chamber in 2016 have not yet been determined but lawmakers like Dave Brat–those who won’t vote for everything the leadership and the Chamber want–will be their focus. Targeting incumbents is something new for the Chamber. But some conservative lawmakers, like Dave Brat, are thwarting the Chamber’s goals and will face primary challenges.
Will Dave Brat be a target of the US Chamber? Will they invest big money in an establishment candidate in a primary against Brat? Seems likely.
More on the story here.
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1st All Virginian’s must support the Honorable Congressman Dave Brat and if the Chamber of Commerce forces it’s will and is successful in this we must propel him to the Republican nomination for VA. Governor in 2017.
2nd Republican Congressman Robert Hurt must loose his reelection.
Let’s put an end to the DCiznation of Virginia and make it a state in the forefront honest conservative leadership again !
The Chamber is nothing more than Corporate Welfare Association.
My conspiracy theory is Jim Gilmore is running for president just to get his name out there to run against Dave Brat, much like he did in 2008. I have zero proof of this … just a thought.
Get that thought right out of your mind! We don’t want Dave Brat spending his energy on a primary.
Whether we like it or not, it’s a possibility we need to consider. Notice how big a role Boyd Marcus is playing even now in his campaign. The other possibility is, of course, Bolling. Whoever they trot out, we need to DESTROY them, just as Justin Amash did to the Chamber minion that challenged him last year.
UGH!! Say it ain’t so!
Thanks for this. Congressman Brat is getting frozen out of any establishment campaign money, so he needs our help with money.
Its important to note that Rep Brat is one of only TWO House members to get a score of 100% from Conservative Review.
https://www.conservativereview.com/Members/D/412605
I will help. Brat is my man, beating that CoC weasel Brat and his minions at Bearing Drift was AWESOME!!!
I think you may want to edit your comment so that it doesn’t sound like Brat is a weasel! I know you don’t think that he is.
Jeanine… yes I meant EC..
Please get the word out, by posting this article on Facebook and everywhere else. We need to get the grassroots strongly behind Congressman Brat.