A group of Republicans has launched a new super PAC aimed at giving support to GOP lawmakers who voted to oust former President Trump
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Founders, including allies of Rep. Adam Kinzinger
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The super PAC describes himself as the only one “exclusively dedicated to defending members of Congress who have taken votes of conscience to accuse or condemn President Trump after rioters stormed the Capitol complex on January 6, 2021.”
Americans Keeping Country First will serve as the non-profit sister to Kinzinger’s own PAC, which he launched earlier this month to fight ‘Trumpism’ and will strive to build a grassroots level, the Post reports, citing documents .
Mario Castillo, one of the group’s advisers, said in a statement to the Post that the new PAC has a clearly defined mission to provide air coverage for members of Congress who have taken votes of conscience over President Trump to accuse or condemn. ‘
Kinzinger, who was one of ten House Republicans who voted to accuse Trump last month, started the Country First PAC to raise money against a ‘big list’ of members, such as representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Matt Gaetz
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The new PAC is expected to include the ten Republican House members and Sen. Lisa Murkowski
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Castillo predicted that Americans Keeping Country First would get good funds before the primary after receiving “real interest” from Republican donors.
The announcement of the new super PAC comes because Trump wants to maintain support as the leader of the GOP after his second accusation, which he spoke at the Conservative political action conference on Sunday.
The launch also follows because The Lincoln Project, the anti-Trump GOP group, has had calls to close amid allegations of a toxic work environment.