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Conservatives don't typically donate to ActBlue


ActRed went almost exclusively to Trump. My point was it's equally possible that he's just a conservative never Trumper, of which there are many thanks to the great work of the Lincoln Project. Trump's new VP was one of them, calling him "America's Hitler" at the time.


> ActRed went almost exclusively to Trump

"ActRed" isn't a thing, and the shooter didn't donate to "ActRed".

> it's equally possible that he's just a conservative never Trumper

Of course it's possible, but it's more common for someone to register as the other party to vote against them in the primary than it is to donate money to a PAC of the other party.

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-tru... https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-crossover-voting-gop-prim... https://www.reddit.com/r/SaltLakeCity/comments/o2yiyq/should...

> the great work of the Lincoln Project

No.


It was called WinRed, not ActRed. ActBlue and WinRed were the DNC and RNCs respective PACs.

The Lincoln Project was incredible, especially once you take events like January 6th in context. The kind of Republicans that made The Lincoln Project and investigated the actors behind January 6th are what our political system needs more of.


Yeah some real standup guys: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/17/linc...

> A study conducted after the 2020 election found that the group’s effect on the election’s outcome was trivial to non-existent — not surprising given its penchant for spending money on ads that aired in electorally irrelevant places such as Washington, D.C. or which circulated almost exclusively in liberal cable news and social media venues, and thus had no purpose other than to enable its consultants to take large commissions from the ad spending. They were producing ads solely for liberals, with the overriding intent not of defeating Trump but inflating their net worth. And it worked: until they were no longer needed.

https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-lincoln-project-facing-...

Sounds like their grift worked on you.




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