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Right Side PAC
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| Right Side PAC | |
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| Location: | Columbus, Ohio |
| Type: | Super PAC |
| Founder(s): | Matt Borges and Anthony Scaramucci |
| Year founded: | 2020 |
| Website: | Official website |
Right Side is a super PAC founded by Republicans Matt Borges and Anthony Scaramucci in 2020. Borges said the group was focused on defeating President Donald Trump (R) in the 2020 presidential election.[1]
The group targeted Republicans and conservatives in six battleground states—Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—with digital, mail, and telephone campaigns.[1][2]
Mission
As of June 2020, Right Side PAC's website featured the following mission:[3]
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Frustration caused by the many failures of the Trump presidency has created a growing number of disaffected Republican voters. This has been exacerbated by the failed response to the COVID-19 pandemic and fanning the flames of hatred in our country. In every neighborhood of every town, in every congressional district in all the must-win states, is a former Trump-supporting GOP voter who knows now that the time has come to take bold action. Republicans who want to do the right thing will need to be communicated with on a personal level as to why Joe Biden is the man who can mend America’s soul. In the minds of Republican voters, we must make him more than simply the “lesser of two evils.” The time has come to be on the right side of history. [4] |
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Background
Right Side PAC was formed in June 2020 by Matt Borges, a former chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, and Anthony Scaramucci, who served as White House communications director in the Trump administration for 10 days.[1] Borges said the group was a complement to the Lincoln Project, another super PAC formed by anti-Trump Republicans.
Axios reported, "The Lincoln Project is more focused on TV ads and broader messaging, while Right Side will concentrate more on data and individualized turnout."[2] Scaramucci said that he was "very confident that we can convince a large group of Republican voters that Biden is the right person to vote for if they want to stay true to their principles and to the legacy of the Republican Party."[2]
Activity
2020 presidential election
Right Side PAC said it would initially target Republicans in six battleground states—Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—with digital, mail, and telephone campaigns. The group would focus on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's record on trade, states' rights, federal spending, foreign policy, and Catholicism in its messaging to convince Republican and conservative voters to support Biden.[2]
See also
- Donald Trump
- Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2020
- Presidential candidates, 2020
- Joe Biden presidential campaign, 2020
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The New York Times, "Republicans Launch Another Pro-Biden Super PAC to Help Defeat Trump," June 17, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Axios, "Republican operatives launch pro-Biden super PAC," June 17, 2020
- ↑ Right Side PAC, "Home," accessed June 23, 2020
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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