Shaun McCutcheon, the Alabama businessman famous for his role in last year’s Supreme Court campaign finance ruling to strike down aggregate contribution limits, has unveiled his latest political spending campaign to oppose former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s 2016 GOP bid.
Mr. McCutcheon, whose Supreme Court victory has made it possible for big money donors to contribute to an unlimited number of candidates, told Newsmax last week that he is now focusing his spending efforts on a “Stop Jeb” campaign.
He explained that “Stop Jeb” was a project of the Conservative Action Fund “Super PAC” that he helped launch shortly after the ruling in McCutcheon v. FEC and said that he did not want to see a 2016 race between two American dynasties.
“Nothing against Gov. Bush at all, I’m sure he’s a fine man,” Mr. McCutcheon said, Newsweek reported. “But you know that if he becomes the Republican nominee, Hillary Clinton and the Democrats will run television ads over and over again linking him to his father and brother. And I don’t have to remind you that two presidencies of his father and brother both ended on an acrimonious note.”
“If Republicans are going to have a chance at re-taking the presidency next year, they just don’t need to have all of that replayed over and over again,” Mr. McCutcheon told Newsweek.
Mr. McCutcheon did not specify which GOP candidate he hoped would get the nomination, saying that he liked several.
He did list some of his favorite speakers at a recent Iowa GOP summit, including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.
“Ted’s very impressive, and he comes from where the conservative grass roots are in the party. But I also thought Scott Walker made a very strong impression on the crowd with his speech, and he made reforms in his state that made him a national business figure. And Carly Fiorina made a strong speech in Iowa against Hillary,” Mr. McCutcheon said, Newsweek reported. “Those are my three favorites for now.”
• Kellan Howell can be reached at khowell@washingtontimes.com.
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