“The political arm of the Club for Growth is stepping up its involvement in the 2016 White House race, formally steering donations to five top Republican presidential contenders supported by its board,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
The chosen five: Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker and Jeb Bush.
“This marks the first time the influential conservative group has called on its members to write checks to presidential candidates and coincides with a separate effort to curb the progress of celebrity real-estate mogul Donald Trump by drawing attention to its concerns with his past statements.”
