Financiers of the Democratic Party and progressive causes are rolling out a swing state ad campaign targeting former President Donald Trump
Some of the biggest Democratic Party donors are funding a group calling itself Republican Voters Against Trump.
On March 12, the Republican Accountability PAC announced it was launching a $50 million campaign in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
“The campaign features one- and two-time Trump voters from across the country—including swing states—who walked away due to January 6, his 91 felony counts, Ukraine, and other issues,” a release from Republican Voters Against Trump said. “Their voices will be elevated using a surround-sound approach, deploying ads on television, streaming, radio, billboards, and digital media in critical swing states.”
According to financial records filed with the Federal Election Commission, the super PAC is currently financed almost entirely by Democratic Party donors.
The PAC, which reports quarterly, was registered in February 2022. When it last reported with the FEC at the end of January, the PAC said it had raised about $8.2 million in 2023 and retained about $6.3 million on hand at the end of that year.
Representatives of Republican Voters Against Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Epoch Times.
Reid Hoffman
The group’s largest donor in 2023 was Reid Hoffman. Mr. Hoffman, who founded social media company LinkedIn Corp., gave $4 million to the group.
Mr. Hoffman, currently a partner at venture capital firm Greylock Partners and a member of Microsoft Corp.’s Board of Directors, is worth an estimated $2.5 billion, according to Forbes.
Mr. Hoffman is a consistent donor to the Democratic Party and liberal causes, and he’s regularly given gifts of more than $1 million, according to donor records maintained by watchdog group OpenSecrets.
In 2018, he gave a total of $5 million to the Democrat-supporting House Majority PAC and Senate Majority PAC. He also donated to those organizations in 2021, $1.45 million to House Majority PAC; in 2020, $1 million to Senate Majority PAC; and in 2019, $1 million to Senate Majority PAC.
