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Tlaib getting help from Working Families super PAC
Politico
She is facing a challenge from Detroit’s City Council president.
By HOLLY OTTERBEIN
07/23/2020 09:00 AM EDT
The Working Families Party, a left-wing group, told POLITICO it is launching a super PAC to help support Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s reelection campaign.
Tlaib (D-Mich.), a member of the so-called “Squad” along with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), is facing a primary challenge from the center. The Working Families Party and other allies see it as the most serious threat to the Squad this year.
Aides said the new independent expenditure, which is being done in conjunction with the local organization Detroit Action, will initially spend $100,000 on digital ads, texting and phone canvassing to support Tlaib, with the possibility of investing more money in the weeks ahead. The outreach will be focused on young Black and Latino voters, and is expected to highlight her record on racial justice, including her promotion of the BREATHE Act, which seeks to eliminate federal programs "used to finance and expand" law enforcement.
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She is facing a challenge from Detroit’s City Council president.
By HOLLY OTTERBEIN
07/23/2020 09:00 AM EDT
The Working Families Party, a left-wing group, told POLITICO it is launching a super PAC to help support Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s reelection campaign.
Tlaib (D-Mich.), a member of the so-called “Squad” along with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), is facing a primary challenge from the center. The Working Families Party and other allies see it as the most serious threat to the Squad this year.
Aides said the new independent expenditure, which is being done in conjunction with the local organization Detroit Action, will initially spend $100,000 on digital ads, texting and phone canvassing to support Tlaib, with the possibility of investing more money in the weeks ahead. The outreach will be focused on young Black and Latino voters, and is expected to highlight her record on racial justice, including her promotion of the BREATHE Act, which seeks to eliminate federal programs "used to finance and expand" law enforcement.
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