SFGATE: Top GOP donor issues ultimatum over gun control

Top GOP donor issues ultimatum over gun control
Published on February 18, 2018 at 12:45AM by Michelle Mark, provided by

Reuters/Thomas Baur A top GOP donor threatened to withhold funds from Republican lawmakers unless they support an assault weapons ban. His comments came just days after a deadly high-school shooting in Florida killed 17. The shooting sparked nationwide outrage and an impassioned debate on gun control. A major Republican donor issued a remarkable ultimatum on Saturday, vowing to withhold money from GOP candidates unless they support a ban on selling military-style guns to civilians. "It's the end of the road for me," Al Hoffman Jr., a prominent Florida real-estate developer, told The New York Times.
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