American Action Network
Summary (posts follow):
GOP thinktank headed by former Minnesota senator Norm Coleman and founded by him and GOP fundraiser Fred Malek. Its policy arm (American Action Forum) is headed by former John McCain advisor Douglas Holtz Eakin.
AAN is the parent of the illegal immigration-supporting Hispanic Leadership Network (see the link) and some linked to it support massive and/or illegal immigration. Those include board members Haley Barbour and Jeb Bush. Another board member is Home Depot founder Kenneth Langone.
AAN is affiliated with the super PAC Congressional Leadership Fund.
More information here.
Last modified Mar 2, 2013
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Conservative? CPAC panel promotes immigration amnesty for illegal aliens (Labrador, Helen Krieble, Whit Ayres, AAN) - 03/14/13
... immigration)
* Jennifer Korn of the American Action Network (see the last link)
* Dan Garza of the LIBRE Initiative
* Helen Krieble (wealthy heiress from the Vernon K. Krieble Foundation, see her name's link)
The panel was moderated by Helen Aguirre Ferré, host of "Zona Politica" on Univision.
At the event, Labrador said: "I know (immigration debate tone) is important but we need to stop...
American Action Network to begin major amnesty push; "350,000" activists (Carlos Gutierrez, Malek, Coleman) - 03/01/13
... ( peekURL.com/zGvxuFM ), the American Action Network and their associated groups Hispanic Leadership Network and Congressional Leadership Fund will begin a major push for comprehensive immigration reform (aka amnesty) among conservative-leaning voters. See their names' links for the background on those groups.
Their effort will take the form of advertising, but more ominously they claim to have...
Obama campaign manager tweets "chimichanga" and GOP outraged: what they won't mention - 02/15/12
... Network, which is part of the American Action Network. The first supports illegal immigration, and the second is led by supporters of massive and illegal immigration. Do see the links for background on who's involved. That should be the issue here, but instead we're discussing a food item.
Here's what the Hispanic Leadership Network says (and with a straight face too):
"The fact that the...
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