How would you feel if someone you considered a friend suddenly turned against you? Not only that but what if they did everything they could to destroy your career?
If you want an answer, just ask several current (and former) Republican state lawmakers who have bent over backward to support government unions only to see those same unionsâ leaders turn around and spend big in elections to defeat them.
Like many devious friends, the union leaders havenât betrayed lawmakers to their faces. Instead, theyâve done it through a front group that hides its major funding sources and exploits a loophole in state law, allowing it to obscure political spending.