Anti-McCarthy Republicans got 'direct threats' from major GOP donor before switching

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Rebellious Republicans who withheld their votes from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for multiple days last week were directly pressured by a major GOP donor to back off or see their campaign contributions go up in smoke.

As reported by Politico's Olivia Beavers, at least two Republicans got what she describes as a "direct threat" from Hungarian-born American businessman Thomas Peterffy to fall in line with the other Republicans.

In fact, one source shared a screenshot of a message Peterffy sent to one member that read, "What goes on in the House is weakening the party, unless you vote for Kevin now we'll never give you any money."

As noted by Audrey Fahlberg, a reported for The Dispatch, Peterffy this past fall donated $5 million to the Congressional Leadership Fund, a McCarthy-aligned organization that had come under fire from the right-wing Club for Growth for interfering in Republican primaries in safe Republican districts.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/anti-mccarthy-republicans-got-direct-threats-from-major-gop-donor-before-switching/ar-AA16bbZJ

[Chainfire]

1. Bought and sold on the alter of the almighty dollar.

[Afrocat]

2. LOL that's exactly what I thought happened.

Greedy idiots and grifters, the whole lot of them

[Bayard]

3. Buying votes

Its a rethuglican tradition.

[Karadeniz]

4. Is that legal?

[Kennah]

5. Unless there's a specific law, I can't think why it would not be legal

[Jade Fox]

6. As I suspected.....nt

[mountain grammy]

7. Not donations... bribes!

[Born a Democrat]

8. Billionaire donor Hungarian Thomas Peterffy (Mar-a-Lago member)threatens GOP during McCarthy vote

Peterffy called and threatened Republicans while they were on the floor actively voting, to say their cash donations will be cut off if they don't vote for McCarthy. Isn't this an illegal attempt to interfere in voting? I have read that he is a card-carrying Mar-a-Lago member -where fascism is rejoiced.
He also is in the news today for buying a piece of Florida the size of Rhode Island. Perhaps he is pals with another pro-fascist, "Fidel DeSantis"and is looking for development of that property that is now illegal? McCarthy gave up all his power and all he really has is an office and plaque. He is subjecting himself to cattle prod reminders from those who now have a leash around his neck.

[GP6971]

11. Welcome to DU! n/t

[KS Toronado]

12. Love your term "Fidel DeSantis" hope it sticks.

[DavidDvorkin]

9. So not all Hungarian-born billionaires are objectionable to Republicans

Hmm. I wonder what the difference could possibly be.

Yes, he gives money to Republicans, but I think it's more than that.

[RussBLib]

10. A Republican Soros

Oh boy, we've discovered another case of projection.

[Samrob]

13. Fuck these new arrival billionaire "citizens" who have too much sway over our government, They all

favor fascism over democracy and they literally OWN our Congress, the NRA, and much of local law enforcement through funding state and local officials behind the scenes. They control the cost and access to housing, corporate CEOs, wages, and ALEC. Sophisticated money laundering and corrupt politicians like Trump enable them to parlay their control across a wide spectrum of our economy and health systems. Been saying this since 1980s when we sold off most of our agri industry and real estate. Thank you Ronald Reagan all the GOP after.

[dalton99a]

14. "Peterffy lives three doors down from Mar-a-Lago"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Peterffy