{"id":787,"date":"2026-05-28T09:36:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=787"},"modified":"2026-05-28T09:36:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:36:30","slug":"gops-dirty-tricks-behind-progressive-sounding-super-pac-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=787","title":{"rendered":"GOP&#8217;s &#8216;dirty tricks&#8217; behind progressive-sounding Super PAC exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A super political action committee with a progressive-sounding name but with Republican financial backers that has been meddling in Democratic primaries was further exposed Wednesday by independent journalist Judd Legum as a clear example of a \u201cdirty tricks operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=785\">Trump snubs wounded soldiers during visit at Walter Reed: report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Legum\u2019s new reporting on the funding behind a mysterious super PAC called Lead Left, which recently spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to benefit Maureen Galindo, a failed Democratic candidate for US Congress in Texas who has been broadly condemned for antisemitic rants.<\/p>\n<p>According to Legum, Lead Left is linked to Republican operative Caleb Crosby, treasurer of the House GOP-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) super PAC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral pieces of evidence point to Crosby\u2019s involvement,\u201d explained Legum. \u201cFirst, of the roughly 48,500 distinct political committees that have filed with the FEC since 2016, only two others share an address with Lead Left \u2014 the Staples at 2241 North Monroe Street in Tallahassee. Both of those committees are connected to the Crosby Ottenhoff Group, the political compliance firm founded by Crosby.<\/p>\n<p>Legum also documented what he said were \u201csubstantial similarities\u201d in messages run against Democratic candidates by both CLF and Lead Left.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=783\">Trump customs official hauled to court over suspicion of botched tariff refunds: report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Nebraska, the American Action Network, the affiliated non-profit of the CLF, sent mail and ran digital ads seeking to damage House Democratic candidate and John Cavanaugh by linking him to Trump,\u201d explained Legum. \u201cBefore the Democratic primary, Lead Left then ran television advertisements with a nearly identical message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to spending money to boost Galindo, who lost to Democratic rival Johnny Garcia on Tuesday by more than 20 points, Lead Left this month also spent over $1 million in an attempt to derail the candidacy of retired firefighter Bob Brooks, who last week won the Democratic congressional primary in Pennsylvania\u2019s 7th congressional district and will now face off against incumbent Rep. Ryan MacKenzie (R-Pa.).<\/p>\n<p>Elected Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, have accused GOP-backed interests of funding Lead Left, which they say is misleadingly posing as a progressive organization to boost the prospects of fringe candidates and hurt the party\u2019s chance of retaking the House in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=781\">Colorado man who boasted about going to J6 arrested in homicide case: report<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A super political action committee with a progressive-sounding name but with Republican financial backers that has been meddling in Democratic primaries was further exposed Wednesday by independent journalist Judd Legum as a clear example of a \u201cdirty tricks operation.\u201dLegum\u2019s new reporting on the fu&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GOP&#039;s &#039;dirty tricks&#039; 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