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The super PAC Lead Left has donated more than $1 million to at least three Democratic congressional primaries, according to The New York Times, which reported that the donations were an attempt by Republicans to keep control of the House of Representatives.
While its name might fool some, prior reporting has found Republican ties to Lead Left, the PAC that gives much of its money to Democratic candidates.
Punchbowl News uncovered that the PAC was registered to a treasurer who hasn’t previously registered a political committee. The address matched a Staples store in Tallahassee, Florida. [Furthermore, metadata on the PAC website is linked to WinRed, the Republican fundraising vehicle]
One of the candidates Lead Left has donated to is Maureen Galindo in Texas’ 35th Congressional District. Republicans redrew that district last year. Galindo has faced major criticisms from the right and left for her remarks about how she would turn an ICE facility into a “prison for American Zionists.” Democrats have called her comments “antisemitic,” and she garnered backlash over her remarks about her ICE prison plans.
“It will also be a castration processing center for pedophiles which will probably be most of the Zionists,” Galindo wrote on Instagram.
The Times reported that Galinda had raised less than $10,000 through March
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CBS News
Many Democrats have also alleged that Galindo has been propped up by conservative funders. They point to Lead Left PAC, a political action committee founded less than a month ago that has reported more than $800,000 in pro-Galindo and anti-Garcia [her primary opponent in the Democratic runoff] spending, according to recent Federal Election Commission filings.
[Galindo's antisemitic] comments have drawn stiff criticism from Texas Democrats, with Garcia calling them "conspiracy theories and hateful rhetoric" and gubernatorial candidate James Talarico telling the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that he would not campaign with Galindo.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington, who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said in a statement that Galindo's comments were "extremely dangerous" and "vile," and have "no place in Democratic politics."
While its name might fool some, prior reporting has found Republican ties to Lead Left, the PAC that gives much of its money to Democratic candidates.
Punchbowl News uncovered that the PAC was registered to a treasurer who hasn’t previously registered a political committee. The address matched a Staples store in Tallahassee, Florida. [Furthermore, metadata on the PAC website is linked to WinRed, the Republican fundraising vehicle]
One of the candidates Lead Left has donated to is Maureen Galindo in Texas’ 35th Congressional District. Republicans redrew that district last year. Galindo has faced major criticisms from the right and left for her remarks about how she would turn an ICE facility into a “prison for American Zionists.” Democrats have called her comments “antisemitic,” and she garnered backlash over her remarks about her ICE prison plans.
“It will also be a castration processing center for pedophiles which will probably be most of the Zionists,” Galindo wrote on Instagram.
The Times reported that Galinda had raised less than $10,000 through March
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CBS News
Many Democrats have also alleged that Galindo has been propped up by conservative funders. They point to Lead Left PAC, a political action committee founded less than a month ago that has reported more than $800,000 in pro-Galindo and anti-Garcia [her primary opponent in the Democratic runoff] spending, according to recent Federal Election Commission filings.
[Galindo's antisemitic] comments have drawn stiff criticism from Texas Democrats, with Garcia calling them "conspiracy theories and hateful rhetoric" and gubernatorial candidate James Talarico telling the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that he would not campaign with Galindo.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington, who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said in a statement that Galindo's comments were "extremely dangerous" and "vile," and have "no place in Democratic politics."
