FEC filings revealed the primary benefactor behind a supposedly NeverTrump Republican women’s organization pouring cash into toss-up congressional districts.
The purported advocacy group is bankrolled by a single male billionaire venture capitalist who donates small fortunes to Democratic campaigns. (Washington Free Beacon)
Republican Women for Progress, a Washington, D.C.-based “grassroots” nonprofit, was founded by Jennifer Pierotti Lim and Meghan Milloy and is comprised of “right-leaning” women who are opposed to President Donald Trump. The group has garnered glowing national media profiles that include a ten-minute segment on CBS News and articles in publications such as Glamour, Slate, and others.
The group is so far active in competitive congressional districts in New Jersey, Kentucky, and Michigan.
“We think the best thing that we can do for the party and for the country right now is to make sure there are good women—Democrat or Republican—that are elected to office and who can serve as a check on this administration and on the president,” Milloy told the Detroit Metro Times. “[This effort] really was inspired by us talking to Republican women in these districts where they said there was just no way that they could vote for the Republican.”
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The PAC’s October quarterly filing—the first from the group—also shows that the group of Republican women is bankrolled by just one donor: Reid Hoffman, a venture capitalist and co-founder of LinkedIn, who is a major donor to Democrats. Hoffman cut a $400,000 to the PAC on Sept. 27, its filings show.
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