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As we now see a plethora of politicians lining up to condemn what Empower Texans’ staff said, let us recall all of those pious candidates and politicians who have been more than happy to line up at the trough when the checkbook was open, buying loyalty and who knows what else.
The thing is, Empower Texans is no different now then they have been over the years. The language and behaviors exhibited on the recording, I guarantee it’s been that way behind the scenes the whole time.
They are nothing but Christian nationalists attempting to buy their way to the Government mountain, so they can legislate their way to dominion over several others. And condemning them now, when they got caught, doesn’t clear you from swimming in the muck with them.
Took Empower Texans money:
$857,075.00 Texans for Dan Patrick ,
$494,010.00 McNutt ,Thomas M.N.
$485,242.50 Hall ,Robert L.
$431,477.77 Stickland ,Jonathan S.
$404,570.00 Paxton ,W. Kenneth
$399,750.00 Burton ,Konni L.
$380,803.20 Rinaldi ,Matthew D.
$368,465.16 French ,Richard West
$349,780.00 Canon ,Michael J.
$245,642.14 Spitzer ,Stuart K.
$213,243.92 Beebe ,Matthew S.
$199,256.26 Biedermann ,Kenneth K.
$191,238.00 Schaefer ,Matthew R.
$161,600.00 Tinderholt ,Tony D.
$158,413.43 Texas Republican Party (P) ,
$157,800.00 Lang ,Mike W.
$157,000.00 Huffines ,Donald B.
$150,038.00 Slaton ,Bryan L.
$140,500.00 Metzger ,Deanna Maria
$135,600.00 Mizani ,Armin
$102,800.00 Rambo ,Damon H.
$100,000.00 Paxton ,Angela
$97,800.00 Boos ,Jonathan M.
$94,800.00 Wiley ,Jay
$94,000.00 Young Conservatives of Texas PAC ,
$89,718.37 Keating ,John P.
$89,180.00 Shaheen ,Matt F.
$87,625.00 Swanson ,Valoree H.
$87,543.00 Boersma ,Garrett N.
$80,000.00 Toth ,Michael C.
$78,046.26 Lawson ,Brent A.
$77,046.95 Zedler ,William W.
$72,222.08 Landtroop ,James F.
$71,543.05 Strahan ,Adam K.
$70,716.66 Annunziato ,Tom
$67,800.00 Fails ,Christopher M.
$67,500.00 White ,Molly S.
$65,500.00 Crisp ,Lee C.
$55,000.00 Fields ,Jess A.
$54,214.83 Macias ,Nathan G.
$54,043.70 Perry ,Charles L.
$53,786.79 Cain ,Briscoe R.
$51,405.34 Hefner ,Joseph Cole
$50,161.65 Toth ,Steven H.
$50,075.00 Republican Party of Texas ,
$50,044.50 Wolfskill ,Jill A.
$48,300.00 Susanna for State Representative
$46,000.00 Wilson ,Terry M.
$44,941.50 Eby ,Philip R.
$42,600.00 Krause ,Matthew H.
$42,464.25 Hughes ,D. Bryan
$40,917.77 Shelton ,Mark M.
$40,600.00 Huddleston ,Jason B.
$37,209.00 Morenoff ,Daniel I.
$35,780.50 Fabby ,Thomas J.
$35,259.68 Carter ,Stefani Danielle
$34,738.00 Patterson ,Jared L.
$34,575.00 King ,Read
$32,800.00 Fulton ,Kevin H.
$31,500.00 True Texas Project PAC ,
$30,600.00 Roy ,Mark A.
$30,223.79 Hnatek ,Joe D.
$30,000.00 Luby Ryan ,Lisa
$29,738.00 Kebodeaux Cook ,Emily
$29,488.69 Taylor ,Nicholas V.
$28,428.30 Harper-Brown ,Linda L.
$27,000.00 Burrows ,Dustin R.
$25,234.79 Birdwell ,Brian D.
$25,000.00 Crawford ,Joshua E.
$25,000.00 Flores ,Peter P.
$25,000.00 Justice Michael Massengale Committee
$25,000.00 Pikl ,James A.
$25,000.00 Seago ,Ted
$25,000.00 Watts ,David L.
$25,000.00 Wheless ,Raymond G.
$23,275.93 Brown ,Betty J.
$22,800.00 Grisham ,Christopher J.
$22,500.00 Hegar ,Glenn A.
$21,241.50 Leach ,Jeff C.
$20,450.00 Tarrant County GOP ,
$20,367.38 Keffer ,William R.
$20,000.00 Brassfield ,Dennis Drew
$20,000.00 Denton County Republican Party (P) ,
$19,633.75 Klick ,Stephanie D.
$18,070.37 King ,Phillip S.
$17,660.96 Cason ,Jeffrey H.
$16,441.28 Dunning ,Randall D.
$16,169.45 Christian ,Walter Wayne
$15,000.00 Wiegman ,Karen K.
$14,629.34 Daniel ,Robert Bryan
$13,946.21 Meyers ,Gregory A.
$12,000.00 North Texas Tea Party PAC (DISSOLVED) ,
$10,120.00 Hunter ,Todd A.
$10,120.00 Kleinschmidt ,Timothy A.
$10,000.00 Button ,Angie C.
$10,000.00 Scott ,Connie L.
$9,614.45 Frullo ,John M.
$9,185.45 Simpson ,David P.
$8,496.56 Burkett ,Cindy G.
$8,165.45 Fallon ,Patrick E.
$8,100.00 Texans for Rodney Anderson ,
$7,906.84 Goldman ,Craig
$7,660.00 Turner ,Scott
$7,366.52 Pearce ,Michael V.
$7,000.00 Friends of Donna Campbell ,
$6,886.62 Keel ,Donna L.
$6,521.65 Anderson ,Mike L.
$6,500.46 Sheffield ,Ralph E.
$6,380.00 Faircloth ,Wayne
$6,157.50 Texans for Kelly Hancock SPAC ,
$5,620.87 Margo ,Donald R.
$5,500.00 Texas Conservatives Unite PAC ,
$5,157.00 Capriglione ,Giovanni S.
$5,100.00 Sanford ,William S.
$5,000.00 1836 PAC ,
$5,000.00 Friends of Tom Oliverson ,
$5,000.00 Graves ,Brent R.
$5,000.00 Keough ,Mark J.
$5,000.00 Palmer ,David L.
$5,000.00 Tarrant County Republican Party (P) ,
$5,000.00 Texans for John Davis
$5,000.00 Texas Freedom Caucus ,
$4,380.00 Springer ,Drew Alan
$4,262.45 White ,James E.
$4,186.12 Gonzales ,Larry D.
$4,000.00 Texas Patriots State PAC ,
$3,920.30 Friends for Darren Yancy, Inc.
$3,065.43 Craddick ,Tom
$3,039.83 Leal ,Victor E.
$3,000.00 Estes ,Craig
$3,000.00 Laubenberg ,Jodie A.
$2,637.76 Cain ,Erwin A.
$2,500.00 Dallas County Republican Party (CEC) ,
$2,500.00 Miller ,Sid
$2,500.00 Ward ,Danny W.
$2,329.23 Heritage Alliance PAC (DISSOLVED) ,
$2,274.57 Mayes ,Gary Brent
$2,171.85 Clardy ,Travis P.
$2,055.96 Lewis ,Tryon D.
$2,000.00 Banks ,Michael D.
$2,000.00 Friends of Brandon Creighton ,
$2,000.00 Hamilton ,David W.
$1,964.85 Flynn ,Dan
$1,961.85 Simmons ,Ronald E.
$1,960.05 Vickery ,Robert G.
$1,444.76 Herblin ,James G.
$1,000.00 Alley ,Court C.
$1,000.00 Justice Eva Guzman for Supreme Court ,
$1,000.00 Torres ,Raul
$1,000.00 Voice of Conservatism and Liberty ,
$500.00 Crownover ,Myra E.
$500.00 East Texans for Liberty Political Action Committee
$500.00 Keyes ,Evelyn V.
$500.00 Landgraf ,Brooks Frederick
$500.00 Massengale ,Michael C.
$500.00 Scoggins ,Roy A.
$500.00 Yates ,Leslie B.
$314.92 McGuinness ,Patrick J.
$238.00 Texans for Charles Schwertner
$200.00 Golden Corridor Republican Women's Club
$100.00 Bonnen ,Dennis H.
$100.00 Friends of Larry Taylor ,
$100.00 Nelson ,Jane
$100.00 Parker ,Nathaniel W.
$100.00 Texans for Joan Huffman
And honestly, you can't stop the list with just those who took the money from Empower Texans. You really must consider those who took money from the people who fund Empower Texans too.
Because it would make the list too long to go into the full significant donor list, jeez and the freaking web of PACs, what comes next are those who took money from Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks. So understand, there is still soooo much more.
Took Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks money:
$9,497,000 Empower Texans PAC ,
$2,656,000 Texas Right To Life PAC ,
$1,045,000 Paxton ,W. Kenneth
$601,000 Texans for Fiscal Responsibility PAC ,
$650,000 Francis ,Jon
$497,700 Texas Home School Coalition PAC ,
$487,250 Stickland ,Jonathan
$455,714 Lang ,Mike W.
$339,496 Texans for Dan Patrick ,
$230,000 Burton ,Konni L.
$222,500 Hall ,Robert L.
$90,000 Texans for Vaccine Choice PAC ,
$77,000 McNutt ,Thomas M.N.
$65,750 Rinaldi ,Matthew D.
$65,000 Texas Freedom Caucus ,
$55,978 Texans for Greg Abbott ,
$55,750 Cain ,Briscoe R.
$55,000 United for Texas PAC ,
$50,000 Judson ,Jeffrey M.
$47,500 Sitton ,Ryan
$45,074 Krause ,Matthew H.
$45,000 Miller ,Sid
$45,000 Beebe ,Matthew S.
$37,500 Shaheen ,Matt F.
$35,750 Hughes ,D. Bryan
$35,000 White ,Molly S.
$35,000 Republican Party of Texas ,
$31,000 True Texas Project PAC ,
$30,750 Swanson ,Valoree H.
$30,000 Christian ,Walter Wayne
$30,000 Spitzer ,Stuart K.
$27,500 Texans for Rick Perry ,
$27,500 Porter ,David J.
$25,000 Leach ,Jeff C.
$25,000 Seago ,Ted
$25,000 Texans for Don Willett ,
$25,000 Eby ,Philip R.
$25,000 Perry ,Charles L.
$20,000 Toth ,Michael C.
$20,000 Canon ,Michael J.
$20,000 Huffines ,Phillip Wayne
$19,128 Turner ,Scott
$18,250 Tinderholt ,Tony D.
$16,000 Craddick ,Christi L.
$15,750 Schaefer ,Matthew R.
$15,000 Metzger ,Deanna Maria
$15,000 Friends of Michael Williams
$15,000 Crisp ,Lee C.
$15,000 Jeff Brown Campaign ,
$11,250 Huffines ,Donald B.
$10,750 Biedermann ,Kenneth K.
$10,000 GOPAC-TX (DISSOLVED) ,
$10,000 Justice Michael Massengale Committee ,
$10,000 Texas Republican Party (P) ,
$10,000 Keffer ,William R.
$10,000 Friends of Paul Bettencourt ,
$10,000 Zedler ,William W.
$10,000 Toth ,Steven H.
$8,500 Bean ,Sheila A.
$7,500 Hegar ,Glenn A.
$7,500 French ,Richard West
$7,000 Middleton ,David M.
$6,500 Green ,Richard A.
$6,250 Blacklock ,James D.
$5,500 Klick ,Stephanie D.
$5,500 Burrows ,Dustin R.
$5,500 Sanford ,William S.
$5,000 Devine ,John P.
$5,000 Justice Phil Johnson (DISSOLVED) ,
$5,000 Convention of States Texas PAC ,
$5,000 Chief Justice Nathan Hecht Campaign
$5,000 Smith ,Steve
$5,000 Simpson ,David P.
$5,000 Keough ,Mark J.
$5,000 Justice Eva Guzman for Supreme Court ,
$5,000 Landtroop ,James F.
$3,500 Taylor ,Nicholas V.
$3,000 Texans for Rodney Anderson ,
$2,750 Texas Deer Association Political Action Committee
$2,500 Wheless ,Raymond G.
$2,500 York ,Alicia Franklin
$2,500 Fields ,Jess A.
$2,500 Landgraf ,Brooks Frederick
$2,500 Texans for Ted Cruz ,
$2,500 Craddick ,Tom
$2,500 Carter ,Stefani Danielle
$1,500 Hecht ,Nathan L.
$1,500 Patterson ,Jerry E.
$1,250 Wilson ,Terry M.
$1,250 Hefner ,Joseph Cole
$1,000 Schofield ,Michael
$1,000 David Dewhurst Committee ,
$1,000 Goldman ,Craig
$961 Grassroots America - We the People PAC ,
$500 Friends of Susan Combs (DISSOLVED) ,
$500 Fallon ,Patrick E.
$250 Laubenberg ,Jodie A.
$245 Midland County Republican Women ,
Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks don't just play in state level politics. They like to try and buy influence in Federal politics as well. What follows are the Federal politicians and groups they have contributed to.
Federal politicians or groups who took money from Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks:
$5,000,000 KEEP THE PROMISE III
$2,256,000 SENATE REFORM FUND
$500,000 CAMPAIGN FOR PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITY INC
$450,000 CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$400,000 TRUMP VICTORY
$260,000 CONGRESSIONAL REFORM FUND
$221,800 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
$200,000 TEXANS ARE
$125,000 BELIEVE AGAIN
$100,000 TEAM GRAVES
$96,900 NRCC
$50,000 KLW POLITICAL FUND
$35,000 GIANFORTE VICTORY FUND
$34,400 MONTANA REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE
$31,000 NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
$28,400 COTTON FOR SENATE
$27,300 TED CRUZ FOR SENATE
$25,500 ROMNEY VICTORY INC
$25,000 CONGRESSIONAL TRUST 2008
$22,500 DAINES MONTANA VICTORY COMMITTEE
$19,040 DAINES FOR MONTANA
$16,800 DONALD J. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT, INC.
$16,600 PEOPLE FOR PEARCE
$16,500 CHIP ROY FOR CONGRESS
$16,100 RESCUE THE SENATE PAC
$15,100 FRIENDS OF JEB HENSARLING
$15,000 GEORGIA PAC
$15,000 OUR VALUES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$15,000 RIGHT WOMEN PAC
$15,000 TIM SCOTT FOR SENATE
$13,700 VAN TAYLOR CAMPAIGN
$12,500 REHBERG VICTORY COMMITTEE
$11,217 REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS
$10,800 GREG FOR MONTANA
$10,800 STUTZMAN FOR SENATE
$10,000 HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$10,000 REPUBLICAN PARTY OF KENTUCKY
$9,800 BIRMAN FOR CONGRESS
$8,100 GRAVES FOR CONGRESS
$7,800 BILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATE
$7,800 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND
$7,500 DAINES BIG SKY COMMITTEE
$7,500 TED BUDD FOR CONGRESS
$7,200 BILL FLORES FOR CONGRESS
$7,100 TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC
$5,500 ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT INC.
$5,400 THOMAS MASSIE FOR CONGRESS
$5,200 BUCK FOR COLORADO 2016
$5,200 RON WRIGHT FOR CONGRESS
$5,000 BOUSTANY FOR SENATE INC
$5,000 CHENEY FOR WYOMING
$5,000 CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR A NEW AMERICA
$5,000 CORNYN MAJORITY COMMITTEE
$5,000 CORNYN MAJORITY TEXAS
$5,000 COTTON VICTORY
$5,000 GFORCE
$5,000 HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUND
$5,000 HOUSE FREEDOM FUND
$5,000 JIM BANKS FOR CONGRESS, INC.
$5,000 JOBS OPPORTUNITY AND NEW IDEAS PAC
$5,000 MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANA
$5,000 ONE GENERATION
$5,000 PERDUE FOR SENATE
$5,000 YOUR VOICE COUNTS
$4,100 VAN TAYLOR FOR CONGRESS
$3,750 YVETTE4CONGRESS
$2,800 CHRIS EKSTROM FOR CONGRESS
$2,800 PUTNAM FOR CONGRESS
$2,700 BUCK FOR COLORADO
$2,700 BUNNI POUNDS FOR CONGRESS
$2,700 CLOUD FOR CONGRESS
$2,700 CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT
$2,700 FRIENDS OF DAVID SCHWEIKERT
$2,700 GEORGE HOLDING FOR CONGRESS INC.
$2,700 JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESS
$2,700 MEADOWS FOR CONGRESS
$2,600 MCCLINTOCK FOR CONGRESS
$2,500 DEBBIE LESKO FOR CONGRESS
$2,500 DEVIN NUNES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
$2,500 FREEDOM ADVANCEMENT FUND
$2,500 FRIENDS OF DAVE BRAT INC.
$2,500 GLENN GROTHMAN FOR CONGRESS
$2,500 HUDSON FOR CONGRESS
$2,500 JEFF DUNCAN FOR CONGRESS
$2,500 LANK PAC
$2,500 MARK HARRIS FOR CONGRESS
$2,500 MCCAIN-PALIN VICTORY 2008
$2,500 MONTANANS FOR REHBERG
$2,500 NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE
$2,500 PATRIOTS FOR PERRY
$2,500 PAUL GOSAR FOR CONGRESS
$2,500 REINVENTING A NEW DIRECTION - RANDPAC
$2,500 RICKPERRY.ORG INC
$2,500 ROSKAM FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE
$2,500 RUSS FULCHER FOR IDAHO
$2,500 SPEAK UP AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$2,400 CONAWAY FOR CONGRESS
$2,300 BLUM FOR CONGRESS
$2,000 CARL ISETT CAMPAIGN
$2,000 JOHN KINGSTON FOR SENATE INC
$2,000 NEUGEBAUER CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
$1,500 ANDY BARR FOR CONGRESS, INC.
$1,500 MICHAEL WILLIAMS FOR US SENATE COMMITTEE
$1,500 SCHAFFER VICTORY COMMITTEE
$1,500 TEAM SUNUNU
$1,000 CANSECO FOR CONGRESS
$1,000 ELIZABETH DOLE COMMITTEE INC
$1,000 FRIENDS FOR FIELDS
$1,000 FRIENDS OF SHARRON ANGLE
$1,000 MICHAEL WILLIAMS FOR CONGRESS
$1,000 WEBER FOR CONGRESS
$320 MATT ROSENDALE FOR MONTANA
$250 PHELPS ANDERSON FOR CONGRESS
Anyone on this very long list knew EXACTLY who they were getting in bed with, taking money from Empower Texans or their funders. It's time to reject each and every person or group on this list who is still active in politics.
We make this different only by showing up the ballot box and voting for people who will make real change for our country. It's up to you. And you. And you. <end>
Just wanted to mention that the "Keep The Promise III" PAC was a superPAC set up for Ted Cruz's unsuccessful 2016 Presidential run. Farris Wilks gave $5 million. His wife Jo Ann gave $5 million. His brother Dan gave $5 million. Ted is as bought as the rest of them.
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