{"id":2118,"date":"2014-02-05T16:58:11","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T21:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asgroupinc.com\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2017-09-14T12:44:39","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T16:44:39","slug":"the-senate-conservatives-funds-unbending-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asgroupinc.com\/the-senate-conservatives-funds-unbending-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"The Senate Conservatives Fund\u2019s Unbending leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asgroupinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/140108_matt_hoskins_courtesy_605-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"140108_matt_hoskins_courtesy_605-300x162\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asgroupinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/140108_matt_hoskins_courtesy_605-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.asgroupinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/140108_matt_hoskins_courtesy_605-300x162-100x54.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>From Politico<\/p>\n<p>For Matt Hoskins, bashing Republicans is good for business.<\/p>\n<p>The leader of the Senate Conservatives Fund has built his operation into a financial juggernaut by throwing bombs at sitting GOP senators, propping up obscure primary challengers and deeming virtually anything proposed by Republican leaders in Washington as insufficiently conservative.<\/p>\n<p>Even in the era of super PACs and full-time campaigns, rarely before have GOP senators endured a barrage of attacks launched across the airwaves by members of their own party \u2014 something that could complicate the Republican drive to win back the Senate majority this year.<\/p>\n<p>Hoskins\u2019s group posted huge fundraising totals in the months when it was most sharply critical of GOP senators \u2014 during the government shutdown \u2014 and a review of federal records shows the group has paid him and his company roughly $535,000 over the past three years.<\/p>\n<p>To his backers, the 38-year-old, California-based operative is an influential pit bull, seeking to purify the GOP by ousting establishment squishes. Those supporters see a man of principle, one who is, as an ally put it, \u201ca true believer\u201d in the cause.<\/p>\n<p>To read more, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2014\/01\/matt-hoskins-senate-conservatives-fund-101943.html\">http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2014\/01\/matt-hoskins-senate-conservatives-fund-101943.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Politico For Matt Hoskins, bashing Republicans is good for business. The leader of the Senate Conservatives Fund has built his operation into a financial juggernaut by throwing bombs at sitting GOP senators, propping up obscure primary challengers and deeming virtually anything proposed by Republican leaders in Washington as insufficiently conservative. 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