They’re attacking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez again. This time, a group calling itself the “Job Creators Network” put up a billboard in Times Square attacking AOC about Amazon’s decision to pull its new headquarters out of New York City. AOC responds:
Who funds the billboard? The Job Creators Network. Yes, they don’t like being called rapacious billionaire exploiters. They’re “job creators.” We should bow down and kiss their asses for underpaid jobs. Serfdom by any other name.
Here are the ones that have been identified in an article as being linked to the “Job Creators Network”:
What is the Job Creators Network, and who is behind it? The short answer is that it’s a Trump-tied, billionaire-backed front group associated with an infamous right-wing public relations executive. It’s part of a network of other astroturf groups that all fight tooth-and-nail to defend elite interests against progressive efforts to regulate corporate power – and all while posing as defenders of “Main Street.”
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The Mercer family is a big funder. Hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah Mercer are major donors to the Job Creators Network
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Bernie Marcus – the ex-Home Depot billionaire CEO & big Trump donor – is a co-founder. Bernie Marcus, worth $5.4 billion, co-founded the Job Creators Network in 2010 with a half-million dollar donation, and his family foundation gave it $1 million in 2015.
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It’s tied to a notorious PR executive who runs a whole network of other corporate-backed front groups. The Job Creators Network is tied to Rick Berman, who receives millions in corporate money to run a network of anti-worker and conservative front groups, such as the Center for Union Facts, an anti-labor front group.
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Andy Puzder is a board member.
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Conservative billionaire Philip Anschutz – who backed Neil Gorsuch – is a big donor. Philip Anschutz, worth about $12 billion, is an oil, entertainment, and real estate mogul who was a key backer of Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court.
The Billionaire Trump Donors Behind the “Job Creators Network”
AOC is making all the right enemies. The Mercers helped elect Trump, funded Cambridge Analytica, and supported Brexit. What a family! The rest are just as bad.
Never doubt that the biggest threat to these people is democracy. We can vote. One person, one vote, not one dollar, one vote.
The more they try to destroy AOC, the stronger AOC becomes. Please proceed, as President Obama famously said in a 2012 debate.