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TexasTowelie

(111,938 posts)
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 08:34 AM Apr 2018

Democrats Create Big-Money PAC to Oppose Senator Ted Cruz

Even if Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke dislikes and disavows the use of super PACs in federal elections, they have become part of the reality of modern politics. And now there is one whose aim is to defeat Republican incumbent Senator Ted Cruz—and, by extension, help O’Rourke.

The Fire Ted Cruz committee—officially the FTC PAC—makes a point on its website to note that it is “not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.” And so far, there are only two major donors: $100,000 from investment banker Vaughn Vennerberg II of MorningStar Partners and $10,000 from Dallas trial lawyer Marc Stanley. Federal law prevents these PACs from coordinating with any campaign, but that doesn’t mean someone like O’Rourke wouldn’t benefit from a political action committee that is targeting his opponent.

“This was a really good opportunity because the research shows that the time is right to fire Ted Cruz,” said Stanley, who described himself as chairman of the FTC PAC. “I think he’s awful. He’s not only disliked by his colleagues, he’s disliked by millions of Americans. He’s a self-centered hypocrite that continually lies about his actions. We think he’s vulnerable and we want to make sure the voters know exactly how bad he is.”

At the moment, the committee only has the website FTedCruz.com. (If that strikes you as a double entendre, it would not be for me to say whether you have a dirty mind.) Whether it grows into a full-scale super PAC with television and radio advertising remains to be seen, Stanley told me.

Read more: https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/democrats-create-big-money-pac-oppose-senator-ted-cruz/

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Democrats Create Big-Money PAC to Oppose Senator Ted Cruz (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2018 OP
This is great news Gothmog Apr 2018 #1
O'roark is the best candidate in a long time in Texas to have a fighting chance. northoftheborder Apr 2018 #2
if yard signs are any indication, Beto is going to take this. yellowdogintexas May 2018 #3
I drive all over the place in Houston cannabis_flower May 2018 #4
so far only one Cruz sign in my precinct. Two Beto signs in a row before his yellowdogintexas May 2018 #5

yellowdogintexas

(22,231 posts)
3. if yard signs are any indication, Beto is going to take this.
Tue May 22, 2018, 10:32 PM
May 2018

Beto signs are popping up like crazy everywhere I go.

Today I went around my precinct, adding Beth Llywellyn McLaughlin's signs to several of them.

I am seeing signs in yards which have never sported signs before.

cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
4. I drive all over the place in Houston
Wed May 23, 2018, 05:01 PM
May 2018

I'm an Uber driver so I drive all over Houston and I have only seen one Ted Cruz sign so far. It was in Spring Valley which is a small town surrounded by Houston near the Spring Branch neighbor off of I-10 and Bungle Rd.

yellowdogintexas

(22,231 posts)
5. so far only one Cruz sign in my precinct. Two Beto signs in a row before his
Mon May 28, 2018, 03:08 PM
May 2018

I strongly suspect it to be a spite sign.

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