A number of major Republican business leaders held a conference call to solicit donations for an anti-Donald Trump super PAC.
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The call was hosted by Chicago Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts, former New Jersey Gov. Meg Whitman and hedge fund manager Paul Singer, who argued that it is not too late to stop Donald Trump.
The call was not focused on the business leaders unifying to back any particular candidate, The New York Times reported.
Ricketts’s mother, Marlene, funded the effort aggressively with $3 million ahead of Iowa out of fear of the situation that the party is in now, with Trump set for a strong showing in the “Super Tuesday” contests.
Whitman, who was a finance co-chairwoman of the Christie campaign, denounced Christie strongly on Sunday for his endorsement of Trump, describing it as “opportunistic”, particularly after he had described Trump during the campaign as ill-prepared to serve.
Now, with Trump extending his delegate lead after Super Tuesday, more outside groups are unveiling ads created to hit Trump, and hit him hard. Around 6,000 ads aired before the Super Tuesday primaries that were meant to blast the real estate mogul.
The Our Principles PAC was formed only days before the Iowa caucuses, and has spent roughly $4.4 million on ads that attempted to label Trump as a liberal.
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At least part of the ad blitz has already begun, these fundraisers say, with an ad from Our Principles PAC, which takes aim at the controversy surrounding “Trump University”. But some students of the school say they were duped into believing the courses offered by Trump University were being taught by real estate professionals hand-picked by Trump himself. “Mr. Trump will continue to stand for the people and the issues they care about”.
