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brooklynite

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Fri Jan 24, 2020, 11:39 AM Jan 2020

Dark money groups tied to Sanders launch attack ads against Buttigieg

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Sanders are generally considered the progressive candidates with a shot of winning the nomination; former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Vice President Joe Biden are more moderate. The differences between the two camps have been on display during campaign speeches and debates.

But new reports show that groups with ties to both Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders have dumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into advertising and protests aimed at the two moderates.

The group Organize for Justice, a not-for-profit sinking over $500,000 into advertising, has ties to a “sister organization,” Justice Democrats. The executive director of Justice Democrats is the president of the board of Organize for Justice. Both Ocasio-Cortez and her campaign chair are former board members of the group.
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Dark money groups tied to Sanders launch attack ads against Buttigieg (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2020 OP
Disgusting. More info on Organize for Justice here: highplainsdem Jan 2020 #1
Organize for Justice hasn't even filed with the FEC yet, but they're running political ads! George II Jan 2020 #2
KFR! Cha Jan 2020 #3
Not surprised. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #4
Doesn't seem like a smart move. DanTex Jan 2020 #5
 

George II

(67,782 posts)
2. Organize for Justice hasn't even filed with the FEC yet, but they're running political ads!
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 12:28 PM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

The Valley Below

(1,701 posts)
4. Not surprised.
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 06:07 PM
Jan 2020

No Democrat is safe from dark money off-shoots of the so-called Justice "Democrats."

Their name alone is a textbook example of gaslighting.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

DanTex

(20,709 posts)
5. Doesn't seem like a smart move.
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 06:13 PM
Jan 2020

Pete isn't much of a threat to win the nomination, and if these ads do manage to knock Pete's support down, I would figure his supporters would go to Biden or Klobuchar rather than Bernie.

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