Scott Walker’s RGA to Spend Scott Walker’s Steve Wynn Money for Scott Walker
‘All the Money in World Can’t Polish Scott Walker’s Atrocious Record for Women’
Governor Scott Walker. Photo by Jeramey Jannene.
MADISON, Wis. — The Republican Governors Association, where Gov. Scott Walker served as 2016-17 chair and currently serves on the Executive Committee, has announced it will spend another $5 million for Walker this year. As chair of RGA, Walker raised $250,000 from Steve Wynn, the casino magnate who has been accused of repeated instances of sexual assault and misconduct.
“Scott Walker’s RGA will take the $250,000 Scott Walker raised from Steve Wynn for the RGA and spend it to defend Scott Walker’s aggressively anti-women record,” said Analiese Eicher, One Wisconsin Now Program Director. “All the money in the world from Republican Steve Wynn can’t polish Scott Walker’s atrocious record for women.”
A One Wisconsin Now review of Internal Revenue Service records shows that while Chair of the Republican Governors Association (RGA), Walker took $250,000 from Wynn for the RGA on December 8, 2016. In addition, IRS records show Walker got $5,000 from Wynn personally for the 527 organization Our American Revival on April 10, 2015. Walker’s team said previously he would donate $5,000 to charity, but refused to address Walker’s $250,000 contribution from Wynn.
Walker has received $15 million from the RGA in his three campaigns for governor, including the recall. In the most recent campaign finance reporting period, the RGA’s Right Direction Wisconsin PAC shipped $86,000 to Walker and $12,000 to the Republican Party of Wisconsin.
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