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Chris Salcedo didn’t mince words when he called out Republicans who quietly bankroll the other side: there is no excuse for surrendering to leftists, and donors who write checks to Democrats are handing the keys of our country to people who despise the Constitution and the values that built it. Hardworking Americans who vote conservative expect their party to defend them — not be undermined by insiders who hedge their bets or chase social cachet in coastal cocktail circles.
Salcedo’s blunt reminder — that being a constitutional conservative and being a casual, self-serving “Republican” are not the same thing — lands because Americans can smell betrayal. When GOP-aligned funders quietly steer money to Democratic causes or to “incumbent” committees that reward incumbency over principle, they betray voters who believe in smaller government, secure borders, and parental rights. The nation cannot be both preserved and sold off by donors who prefer access to ideology.
This isn’t fantasy; it’s practice. Corporate PACs and wealthy donors routinely spread money across the aisle to curry favor with whoever controls the levers in Washington, and that bipartisan cash flow shows up in county-by-county races where business interests buy influence rather than loyalty. The payoff is predictable: policy that protects corporate profit and status quo power, not the bold conservative reforms that voters demand.
Even supposed “friends of conservatism” in tech and finance have shown they will pivot depending on the political winds, abandoning principles when it’s convenient and rewarding the left when it suits their cultural or financial agendas. Meanwhile, unions and other groups can and do cross lines when it serves their members — a reminder that money follows self-interest, not creed. Conservatives should not be surprised when donors act like donors; we should be angry that many Republican elites still excuse it.
The remedy is simple and unapologetic: stop rewarding sellouts with our dollars and our votes. Primary challenges, donor pressure, and demanding a real conservative platform — not tepid managerialism — are the tools to punish those who fund the opposition. Chris Salcedo and others on the right are right to call this out; the GOP cannot win by appeasing its adversaries and expecting voters to be grateful for crumbs.
Patriots know what’s at stake: a nation that honors faith, family, and freedom will not survive if its defenders are bankrolled by people who prefer the company of leftist elites. If you love this country, you don’t hedge your loyalty; you fight for it, hold leaders accountable, and stop funding your own soft surrender. That’s the hard, honorable work real conservatives were elected to do, and it starts with refusing to bankroll betrayal.
