Reading about the Democratic party’s funding in Wyoming this week held some irony for me. Various expenses for marketing, subscriptions, meals and entertainment detailed the spending list. Big expenses included a contribution expense, legal services, payroll taxes and wages, and travel.
Cowboy State Daily reported, “The party is anticipating four years’ worth of increased monthly payout from the Democratic National Committee, which already comprises 65% of its total revenue at about $15,000 a month, party officials said. Monthly ActBlue donations comprise 13% of the total revenue, he said.”
The party’s total contributions as of May 1 totaled $75,980.20.
Wyoming’s Democratic Party is running into the red and encountering the real-world fact that you can’t spend more than you make. Monthly expenditures average $27,367.82 while the average monthly revenue is $23,257.73.
When a reporter showed up at the party’s state meeting, a leader made a motion to ask the reporter to keep its budget records private. Of course, such a motion was not binding as no previous terms were set before the reporter entered the meeting. A private entity may move the meeting to an executive session as its bylaws allow.
They did not. Instead, the Democrats cried privacy!
Individuals in charge specifically cited that the Democrats simply did not want the specifics of their budget published. Their events remain open to anyone, regardless of political affiliation, the party’s leaders have vowed publicly.
The media report that the eight Democrats and 85 Republicans in Wyoming make it such that the Democratic party has little influence. I find the opposite to be true.
The Democratic party has been extremely influential in Wyoming politics, so the fact that its money comes from out-of-state matters.
Many individuals who watch this stuff argue that Wyoming has a large “RINO” (Republican In Name Only) population in politics.
Many hold the opinion that the Democratic Party agenda uses the party’s out of state money to influence extremist positions, contrary to the Republican platform, all in the name of autonomy and a sort of libertarian freedom-styled argument.
These sorts of campaigns have been successful in the House and Senate.
Also, some policy issues like the death penalty, school funding and abortion can have some Republicans becoming more sympathetic toward the other side. Also, the funding and donor support is prevalent on the left.
The Democrats have done a wonderfully strategic job looking at the issues in play and utilizing their sympathetic “Republican” friends to accomplish their goals.
One obvious example is Medicaid expansion. What is seen in many states as a liberal free health care agenda made its way to the top of a legislative priority list because it was deemed healthcare for the “working poor.”
What all conservatives know to be an expansion of an entitlement program, now is framed by individuals in our own party as a need for the working class. Meanwhile, hospital associations donate to these candidates and bring them into the fold.
The disruption that the Democrats cause to the conservative agenda is obvious.
The distortion of personal identity through God into an agenda that kills innocent babies and would like our tax dollars fund it; and into an ideology that doesn’t believe biological gender exists and kids should have access to pornographic books in school libraries.
The left in Wyoming has been great at indoctrinating and infiltrating leadership, organizations of importance, and the upper echelon of politics and establishment bureaucracy.
The published budget of the Dems in Wyoming shows us two things.
First, Democratic Party leaders don’t understand simple economics: that you have to take in more than you spend. But this isn’t surprising for a group whose platform defies economic reality.
Second, they are substantially funded by out of state special interests, which means so too are the “Republicans” who help advance their far-left agenda.
Every time a “Republican” votes in line with the extremist, out of state, agenda of Wyoming’s Democratic party, they should be scrutinized and asked why they not vote in line with their own party platform.
The thing about a party platform is that if you don’t agree with it, perhaps you should not be a member of that party.
Wyoming has been RINO hunting for years, but these days it’s easiest to sit back and watch who votes with whom. Common sense will tell you the rest.
