PAC Operated by Radio Host May Look to Move Bailey Right
Political commentator turned candidate for governor turned radio talk show host Dan Proft is operating a PAC funded by billionaire Richard Uihlein.
A text message/digital poll was sent around the state Monday night that certainly appears to be paid for by talk show host Dan Proft’s “People Who Play By the Rules” PAC.
The giveaway was a question matching their messaging of “how much worse” things can get in Illinois. A spokesman for Proft’s PAC did not return messages Monday.
When the poll gets to testing negative messages on Governor JB Pritzker, the PAC moves straight toward hot button social issues. Here are a few:
There were also multiple questions aimed at attacking the Democrat criminal justice reform law.
We read some of the questions to a Bailey supporter Monday night who audibly sighed over the phone and said “that doesn’t help us.”
Bailey has avoided focus on hot button social issues since becoming the nominee, but if Proft and his PAC have their way, that’s the road they’re going down. Proft and ally Jeanne Ives were behind a controversial 2018 ad that was blasted for being both transphobic and racist.
It appears the Proft team may want to take the race down a culture war road and risk Bailey’s opportunity to control an economic message.