Scott Walker Slams Out-Of-State Money In Wisconsin Recall While In Washington For Fundraiser
by Max J. Rosenthal
1/5/12
WASHINGTON -- As Wisconsin Democrats continued their push to force his recall, Gov. Scott Walker (R) came to Washington on Thursday to raise funds for the election that is all but certain to occur. But while Walker has slammed the influence of out-of-state money in the recall effort, he defended his own fundraising from non-Wisconsinites as fundamentally different from what he called the "excessive amounts" raised by unions and liberal groups.
"The people from around the country who are helping us at the grassroots level are trying to match the amazing levels of money coming in from unions from Washington and throughout the country," said Walker at a question-and-answer event at the American Enterprise Institute on Thursday morning. Walker spoke at AEI before meeting with Republican donors at the Capitol Hill Club later in the day.
According to his latest campaign finance report, Walker has raised $5.1 million since the start of the recall effort on November 15th. Nearly half of that amount, $2.4 million, has come from outside of Wisconsin.
When asked by The Huffington Post about his fundraising, Walker acknowledged that the high amount of out-of-state donations was accurate but placed the blame on unions for his reliance on non-Wisconsin donors. "I wouldn't be raising a penny right now if it weren't for these recalls which were largely driven by the national unions," Walker said. He later added that "even money that's coming in from outside of Wisconsin in many cases is coming from people giving us 10, 15, 20 dollars, saying, 'We want to help you counter money coming from Washington and elsewhere.'"...
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/05/scott-walker-wisconsin-recall_n_1186560.html
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