Brent Bozell, a veteran conservative advocate and
fundraiser, says that if Republican legislators agree to a
budget deal that raises taxes he will urge donors to refrain
from giving to offending Republican congressmen and the
party.
Bozell founded Media Research Center, a watchdog group which
has an annual budget of more than $10 million. He’s chairman
of the advocacy group ForAmerica and says he has generated
hundreds of millions of dollars for “an alphabet soup of
conservative causes,”
The Hill reports.
Bozell sent a letter to Republican National Committee
Chairman Reince Priebus Wednesday outlining his views.
“Reince, it pains me to say this, but if the Republican
Party breaks its word to the American people and goes along
with President Obama with tax increases, it will have
betrayed conservatives for the final time,” he wrote.
“I will make it my mission to ensure that every conservative
donor to the Republican Party that I have worked with for
the last three decades — there are many, and they have given
tens of millions to Republican causes — gives not one penny
more to the Republican Party or any member of Congress that
votes for tax increases.”
In recent days, Republicans in Congress have expressed more
willingness to compromise with Democrats on taxes. For
example, Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., has urged his fellow
Republican House members to support for now President Barack
Obama’s plan to leave taxes unchanged for all but the
wealthy and then revisit the issue next year, Politico
reports.
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