Adelson Kicks $30M To GOP Super PAC To Help Save House Majority

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting at The Venetian Las Vegas on February 24, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pence's speech to the group of Republican Jewish leaders and donors follows his trip last week to Germany where he visited the former Dachau concentration camp and a surprise stop on Wednesday at a Jewish cemetery in Missouri that had been vandalized.
LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 24: Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson is greeted by a guest before a speech by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (not pictured) at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual ... LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 24: Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson is greeted by a guest before a speech by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (not pictured) at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting at The Venetian Las Vegas on February 24, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pence's speech to the group of Republican Jewish leaders and donors follows his trip last week to Germany where he visited the former Dachau concentration camp and a surprise stop on Wednesday at a Jewish cemetery in Missouri that had been vandalized. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Billionaire GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson has made a $30 million donation to the GOP’s main House super PAC, a GOP source familiar with the donation confirms to TPM, a huge donation to try to help save the House majority.

According to Politico, which first reported the donation, the gift was made after a meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) in the casino mogul’s hometown of Las Vegas, after which top officials to the Congressional Leadership Fund made the big ask.

The donation is three times what Adelson gave the group last election cycle — and far earlier, since he didn’t give them money until August 2016.

The money is a crucial boost to the group as it looks to hang onto its majority in the lower chamber of Congress. Strategists in both parties think Democrats have at least a 50-50 shot at winning House control, and Democratic candidates have basically been printing money this election cycle, putting Republicans in a situation where they may struggle to keep up and forcing the CLF to bail out members who fail to prepare themselves for an advertising onslaught.

Super PACs don’t get as much bang for their buck as candidates, who get discounted advertising rates. The CLF has already said it plans to spend huge sums to try to keep the House in GOP hands, with an initial ad reservation of $48 million in 30 House districts, and with Adelson’s help, that number will clearly rise by a large amount.

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  1. How do they keep a straight face trying to whip up hysteria about George Soros? Where we have one billionaire activist they have twenty, and Soros doesn’t own an entire party.

  2. Avatar for mrf mrf says:

    Since Adelson has vast business interests in Macau and Israel he’s essentially funneling illegal foreign money into U.S. elections.

  3. Best thing they could do is cobble together a larger sum—$30 billion sounds about right—and offer it to Trump if he would not be horrible for the next six months. And that money would be wasted too. He can’t stop being horrible for three days in a row. So that $30 million’s a bad investment there, Shel. Shoulda spent it on plastic surgery.

  4. McCain Dying and this POS is still breathing
    Where is the justice?

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