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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMajor GOP donor, retired oil and gas investor Thomas Wachtell is not happy. That is SOOOOOOO sad.
Exasperated Republican donors are tired of hearing excuses from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan, and are turning to Steve Bannon to get some return on their investments.
The GOP agenda has stalled, despite congressional majorities and a Republican president, and megadonors who have plowed cash into the party want to see something anything, really to show for their expenditures, reported Politico.
The website reported that Thomas Wachtell, a retired oil and gas investor and major GOP donor, confronted a defensive McConnell during a recent gathering of wealthy Republicans and begged him to get some legislation passed.
Anybody who was there knew that I was not happy, And I dont think anybody was happy how could you be? said Wachtell, who has given McConnell more than $2,000 but recently stopped donating to Republican senators. Youre never going to get a more sympathetic Republican than I am. But Im sick and tired of nothing happening.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/sick-and-tired-of-nothing-happening-exasperated-gop-donors-turning-to-steve-bannon-for-results/
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Major GOP donor, retired oil and gas investor Thomas Wachtell is not happy. That is SOOOOOOO sad. (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Oct 2017
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democratisphere
(17,235 posts)1. F' the wealthiest whining donors.
Your money can't buy everything and everyone you smarmy bastards. No taxcuts for you. NONE!
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)2. Sometimes "money" can't BUY you happiness.
Beakybird
(3,333 posts)3. Are you tired of whining yet?
TEB
(12,923 posts)4. Asses
klook
(12,171 posts)5. He's given McConnell "more than $2,000"??
Sen. McConnell received $106,725 from Goldman Sachs alone from 2013-2018.
Not sure what kind of influence a mere $2k buys you with a money guzzler like McConnell.
OnDoutside
(19,982 posts)6. Since Warren Buffet is giving away all his money, couldn't he spend some of it on Republicans, to
buy them off ?