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Related: About this forumSources: Cash-Strapped FreedomWorks In State Of Financial Disarray
The tea party group had to take out a $1 million line of credit, and its fundraising efforts have tanked this year, sources say. FreedomWorks dismisses the accusations as claims made by bored former employees.
posted on October 11, 2013 at 12:06am EDT
Rosie Gray
BuzzFeed Staff
McKay Coppins
BuzzFeed Staff
WASHINGTON The tea party group FreedomWorks has fallen into dire financial straits, and was forced to take out a $1 million line of credit earlier this year, sources close to the organization told BuzzFeed.
The conservative nonprofit, which raised more than $40 million in 2012, has brought in less than $10 million this year, according to the sources. And former employees say the groups rank and file have grown increasingly frustrated with what they view as managements exorbitant expenditures, including a pricey craft beer bar and fancy Las Vegas hotel rooms that rack up thousands of dollars a night in charges.
FreedomWorks spokeswoman Jackie Bodnar did not deny the spending or the debt, but she broadly dismissed the claims as accusations from disgruntled former employees.
Someone has clearly contacted you with the rumors being spread about FreedomWorks, and they are part of a series of baseless attacks from salty former employees who have decided to spend their days spreading lies rather than working to advance the movement, Bodnar said. Its really unfortunate to watch the malice unfold from these nameless accusers who lurk in the shadows of deep background interviews.
But six independent sources familiar with FreedomWorks described the organization as one with deeply mismanaged finances, an unclear mission, and what one former employee called a toxic work environment that has contributed to low morale and a general rush for the exits.
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Sources: Cash-Strapped FreedomWorks In State Of Financial Disarray (Original Post)
DonViejo
Oct 2013
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Arkana
(24,347 posts)1. Couldn't happen to a nicer group of horrible bigots and morons.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)2. Yay!
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)3. They'll fold and a new group will start
They are like cockroaches, they always come back.
Left Coast2020
(2,397 posts)4. Well, there may be another group but it won't be as revalant as it was.
Rest of country is wiser to these clowns now.
jmowreader
(50,559 posts)5. Good. Fuck 'em. Let them die.