By Brad Baber -
Yesterday I received a letter from IL GOP chairman Tim Schneider asking for a donation. In the letter is a litany of excuses as to why Republicans lost big in the 2018 election, but nowhere in the list did he put any of the blame on the IL GOP or Bruce Rauner. Let’s get back to that in a minute.
The previous IL GOP chairman, Pat Brady openly advocated against the platform of the party. He was an ally to Illinois Democrats, and solely advocated for his own agenda, not that of IL Republican voters. He was confronted many times for his treasonous acts towards IL Republican voters and finally forced out when his presence was no longer tenable.
You would think that this would have brought recognition, an awakening, and a response from the IL Central Committee in reaction to the clear and present will of Republican? The new party chairman brought in was Tim Schneider. Within a short time Mr. Schneider sent out a letter, much like the one I received yesterday. In it, he introduced himself.
I had expected after Brady’s departure that an acknowledgement of mistakes would have been made, and the affirmation of a new direction from the IL GOP? Sadly, there was no such recognition, no awakening, and no response to the transgressions of the IL GOP, which further fractured and weakened the party. The letter was rather a defiant rejection of the will of IL Republican voters. This “elite” group was going to continue to dictate their will to Republican voters.
January 2019: A new day and another donation request from the IL GOP.
Once again the IL GOP, that is the “elites”, worked with Rauner and his war chest to sink the only candidate that could get the support of the base of the party- Jeanne Ives. Rauner had alienated Republican voters by voting against the party principles on taxpayer funding of abortions and making IL a sanctuary state, which were also direct campaign promise violations.
It was clear before the primary that Rauner could not garner enough support from his own party , let alone among all Illinois voters to win. He confirmed as much in his admission after the election that he tried to get someone else to run. So in typical elitist fashion, he and the IL GOP decided go against the base of their own party, and effectively hand the state, down ballot races, and the mapping process to Democrats. Another subversion of Republicans in IL. With republicans like that, who needs enemies?
So they still have the nerve to ask for donations? To donate to those same elites is either the best way to support the Democrat party in IL or the definition of insanity, or both. Until a true revolution in thinking occurs in IL Republicans and the party, it’s a lost cause and happy news for the status quo.
