In President Trump’s blockbuster speech at CPAC, he pulled no punches on the millstones that are weighing down the conservative movement. He declared, “Failed former Congressman David McIntosh and his Globalist friends at Club for No Growth, who fought me all the way in 2016, and LOST, and then fought me again in 2020 Senate Races in Ohio, Alabama, North Carolina, New Hampshire, plus more, and LOST AGAIN, are now threatening to spend money against me. No Growth Members know there will be retribution!”
Trump is right about the Club for Growth, formerly led by Pat Toomey who was one of the few Senators to vote in support of the vindictive second impeachment of President Trump. Toomey then left the Senate and became a director of Apollo Global Management, a private equity firm profiting from globalism and from the notorious “carried interest” tax loophole that Trump tried to end but Toomey was an “all star” in preserving, according to a lobbyist speaking with Bloomberg.
Club for Growth has lost many elections, and its campaign spending is too small to have any real influence for good. It spends less than half of 1% of the overall expenditures each election cycle, and Trump refers to it as “The Club For NO Growth, an assemblage of political misfits, globalists, and losers.”
Without a doubt, the Club for Growth is just one example of a millstone around the necks of the conservative movement. Have you ever tried to swim while holding a weight? It is nearly impossible. Similarly, the conservative movement will never be able to reach its full potential if the Club for Growth is actively working against conservative interests while absorbing large amounts of cash. Anyone with any knowledge of the movement could tell you exactly what is going on, but only a courageous leader like President Trump actually would be willing to publicly call out this harmful relationship. We need more leaders like Trump who are not beholden to the financial crumbs cast off by the big powerhouses. Let’s lead on principle and be wise as serpents as we craft our campaigns.
