Looks like the payoff for the SB 25 vote began over the summer.
How about that? The Q3 contributions that were reported by Personal PAC (Planned Parenthood’s lobby arm) are in… and indicate just what I (and many of you) suspected: A payoff!
Immediately after the vote, I said there were payoffs and trade offs made to get the necessary votes on the Reproductive Health Act, which legalizes abortion up to the moment of birth for any reason.
I exchanged texts immediately after the vote with one certain representative who voted YES, but didn’t like the bill at all. Well, long story short, in the message chain, he said “he voted his district” and “voting for it helps my district.” That’s short for “I sold my vote” and “I compromised my values.”
Well, besides all the pork going to his district in the budget bill and various other goodies, his campaign is going to benefit too with direct contributions from big abortion (Planned Parenthood/Personal PAC).
In fact, after doing an initial search of Q3 contributions made by Personal PAC, the list of donations is already extensive. They’re not huge amounts, but collectively, it is pretty impressive. Just wait to see the amounts come 2020.
By the way, I have yet to see a contribution to any legislator who voted NO on the bill.
Here’s the beginning of the list of direct contributions.
Donor name |
Committee name |
Amount |
Date |
Personal PAC |
Friends of Justin Slaughter |
$250 |
Sep 30, 2019 |
Personal PAC |
Citizens for John Cullerton for State Senate |
$250 |
Sep 27, 2019 |
Personal PAC |
Peters for Illinois |
$250 |
Sep 27, 2019 |
Personal PAC |
Friends of Luis Arroyo |
$250 |
Sep 24, 2019 |
Personal PAC |
Friends for State Rep Anthony DeLuca |
$500 |
Sep 23, 2019 |
PERSONAL PAC |
Citizens for Antonio Tony Munoz |
$500 |
Sep 22, 2019 |
Personal PAC |
Citizens for Laura M Murphy |
$250 |
Sep 18, 2019 |
Personal PAC |
Friends for Celina Villanueva |
$500 |
Sep 18, 2019 |
Personal PAC |
Friends of Robert “Bob” Rita |
$500 |
Sep 12, 2019 |
Personal PAC |
Friends of Toi Hutchinson |
$500 |
Sep 10, 2019 |
*source: Illinois Sunshine
The list continues here. You should see the larger amounts donated through ticket purchases & sponsorships of several legislator’s campaign events in the 3rd quarter. I can’t wait to see how the Q4 numbers look. I bet there will be many more beneficiaries… who just so happened to vote for SB 25. Stay tuned
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