A series of shadowy PACs associated with the Democratic and Republican parties are working to support Libertarian Party and Green Party candidates in a ploy to siphon votes from each party.
Civic Truth Action, a newly formed super PAC with ties to Democratic operatives, stole votes from former President Donald Trump in North Carolina and gave it to conservative third-party candidate Randall Terry (New Party). They are distributing pro-life messages with the aim of inducing votes. york times reported. Republicans are playing a similar game, launching a super PAC called Badger Values in Wisconsin aimed at backing Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.
“Democrats are not taking anything for granted. We have learned the lessons of 2000 and 2016, when third-party candidates helped take the White House to Republicans, but in 2024 We’re not going to allow that to happen again,” said Rhys Smith, communications adviser for the Democratic National Committee. said ABC News. “[Third-party candidates] Bernie Porno, a nonpartisan pollster, told the magazine: “It’s going to pick up a few percentage points, and that could affect the outcome of a close election. No matter what poll you look at. , it seems very likely that it will be a close battle.” (Stream The Daily Caller’s documentary “Cleaning Up Kamila” here)
Badger Values was founded by Republican consultants and spent well over $1 million on the pro-Stein campaign. According to To campaign for financial disclosure. Meanwhile, Civic Truth Action raised more than $4 million from Democratic Party-aligned underground finance groups and spent it supporting libertarians while hiring veteran Democratic operatives, the NYT reported.
Efforts to siphon votes from Republicans have been especially active in Senate races in Texas and Maryland. The Save Western Culture PAC, for example, is what the former Republican governor of Maryland is trying to convince conservative voters to believe. larry hogan and a Texas senator. Ted Cruz The New York Post reported that he was too liberal to win votes.
“Lockdown Rally was a rallying cry for conservatives who supported Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, shut down our workplaces and schools, and called President Trump outrageous and unacceptable,” according to a recording obtained by The New Paper. “These values are ridiculous and dangerous,” said a phone banker affiliated with PAC. York Post. Save Western Culture also distributed a mailer pushing a similar message. PAC campaigning for financial disclosure show The committee, which has poured well over $200,000 into the campaign in recent weeks, is urging voters to support Libertarian Mike Scott, who says he is not affiliated with the committee.
A spokesperson for Hogan’s campaign told the Daily Caller News Foundation: “Sowing the seeds of election denial for partisan purposes is a clear threat to our democracy.” “Lying to voters while asking for their trust is a slap in the face. The Maryland Democratic Party’s silence on this matter is deafening.”
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Meanwhile, in Texas, a PAC ran an ad calling Cruz the “cheated king,” criticizing his visit to Cancun during the Texas power outage and his response to Trump’s criticism of his wife. The ad also described Mr. Cruz as a “fucking soy boy.”
Save Western Culture has spent more than $150,000 promoting such messages in Texas. According to To campaign for financial disclosure.
Mike Berg, director of communications for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told the New York Post, “Each election cycle, the national Democratic Party seeks to confuse voters and field unbeatable third-party candidates.” He established a black finance group.” “This appears to be much the same, and voters should reject this dishonest tactic.”
Libertarian Senate candidate Ted Brown, who claims to support Save Western Culture, told the PAC he did not support the ad in a message obtained by the New York Post.
According to a report in the New York Post, Save Western Culture has deployed similar tactics in numerous House races. Because the PAC registered with the Federal Election Commission so close to the election, information about its donors and finances will only be made public after Election Day.
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