AOC-linked dark-money group plans to spend over half a million dollars attacking Biden & Buttigieg

[highplainsdem]

We've already seen posts here about this dark-money group having already spent $20,000 on Facebook ads attacking Biden.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287426458


But now there's reporting that they plan to spend over $500,000 on ads targeting both Biden and Buttigieg.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/justice-democrats-digital-ad-campaign-pete-buttigieg-joe-biden_n_5e1d6c6ec5b650c621e447c9

A campaign spending group affiliated with Justice Democrats, an influential left-wing outfit, plans to spend more than half a million dollars on digital advertisements educating the public about elements of former Vice President Joe Biden’s and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s records that progressives consider disqualifying.

The ads will target Democrats in Iowa and South Carolina, appearing on social media and other internet platforms until voters head to the polls in each state.

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The group, Organize for Justice, will invest the money ― over half of which it has already raised ― in, among other things, Facebook ads that promote news articles highlighting negative aspects of the moderate candidates’ records and campaign decisions. To optimize its message against the two presidential hopefuls, the group teamed up with polling and public opinion firms. The firms generated research demonstrating that similar ads helped raise awareness of Andrew Gillum’s ultimately unsuccessful campaign for Florida governor in 2018.

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Organize for Justice is structured as what’s known as a 501(c)4, which means it is able to receive and spend large amounts of money with less frequent disclosure than an ordinary political campaign or political action committee.

Justice Democrats’ establishment of that kind of independent political spending arm is a sign of the group’s growing reach just three years after its inception in January 2017. The group, which was co-founded by alumni of Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, is best known for helping to elect Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and continues to support a slate of progressive primary challengers against incumbent Democrats in Congress. (Justice Democrats has not endorsed anyone in the Democratic presidential primary.)

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[BannonsLiver]

1. Ah, yes, the "just us" Democrats.

Working hard to ensure Trump wins in November.

[highplainsdem]

3. +1,000,000

[George II]

2. A Super PAC that both she and Sanders have decried. Unbelievable!!!