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Join NowICYMI: WaPo: GOP-Backed Wisconsin Group Promotes Stein to Boost Trump in Last Days of Election
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, MoveOn Political Action spotlighted a damning piece from the Washington Post showing that a Republican Super PAC, Badger Values PAC, is spending big money to boost Jill Stein in Wisconsin. With just days left in the campaign, this is yet another dirty trick from Republicans and another example of Stein willfully betraying progressives and helping Donald Trump’s campaign. Badger Values PAC, founded by a longtime Republican operative with ties to Senate GOP leadership, reported spending $982,905 on ads in October, including at least $307,000 on ads or direct mailers that mention Stein.
“There isn’t a day that goes by that we don’t learn more troubling details about Jill Stein’s fraudulent campaign. You cannot credibly call yourself an antiwar environmentalist while taking money from MAGA political PACs that are committed to helping Republicans wage war and deny climate change. The only reason Stein is still in this race is to make it easier for Donald Trump to get another term in the White House,” said Britt Jacovich, spokesperson for MoveOn Political Action.
Read the Washington Post piece here: “Group with GOP ties backs Green Party’s Jill Stein with ads, mail”
Badger Values PAC, a new federal PAC founded by a longtime Republican operative with ties to Senate GOP leadership, has reported in recent days matched expenditures opposing Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, and supporting Stein. Other spending has been reported as supporting the campaign of Republican Donald Trump.
In total, the group reported $982,905 in spending through Oct. 23, including at least $307,000 that names Stein in direct mail or other advertising. The group has not reported any donors yet this cycle.
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Les Williamson, who helped to lead both groups as treasurer, has a long history of working on GOP Senate efforts including the National Republican Senatorial Committee. He did not respond to a request for comment Thursday.
Williamson worked as a deputy finance director at the NRSC in 2016 and helped create White Mountain PAC in 2022. That group was funded by the Senate Leadership Fund, a group run by aides to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Timothy Mellon, the heir to a steel and banking fortune, who is a top donor this year in support of Trump’s candidacy.
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