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A prominent group of Republicans who oppose Donald Trump are in a mission to convince voters who backed the former president in both 2016 and 2020 to switch their support to President Joe Biden in 2024 — and they're spending a lot of money to help in their effort.
Republican Voters Against Trump (RVAT) announced a $50 million multi-platform ad campaign that is designed "both to troll the twice-impeached, four times-indicted ex-president and to genuinely reach out to his most loyal supporters," according to a report from The Independent.
The campaign employs people who they say previously voted for Trump and switch their support to Biden to help convince other Trump supporters to do so. Among voters being targeted are viewers of Fox News.
One ad that ran on the network includes a previous Trump supporter who says, “I will vote Democrat. I can’t believe I’m saying it, but I will. I will vote for Joe Biden."
But according to a former Democratic activist, who asked to remain anonymous when they spoke to The Independent, the notion of the disgruntled Trump supporter who will switch their support to Biden and make a difference in 2024 is wishful thinking for the most part.
"Asked to explain the response, the former Democratic diehard replied that they’d seen all this before: Republicans vowing never to pull a lever for Trump, only to revert to type when in the privacy of the voting booth," The Independent's report stated.
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The former activist used the example of poll respondents from 2016 who expressed support for Hillary Clinton only because it was socially acceptable, but nevertheless voted for Trump in the privacy of the voter's booth.
Another person speaking to The Independent, who is close to the Trump campaign, called the RVAT's ad campaign “astroturfed BS from fake Republicans."
RVAT's political director told The Independent that the group is using a similar strategy to the one they employed in the last election, which Biden won.
“What we have found is most persuasive with the center-right voter — who probably has an unfavorable opinion of Donald Trump and Joe Biden — is that hearing from like-minded messengers and seeing them and hearing from them is what gives them the necessary permission structure to say: ‘You know what, I may have voted for McCain and Romney and maybe even Trump in the past, but I can’t get behind this version of Donald Trump,'" Gunner Ramer said.
“It’s this idea … terminating the Constitution, this idea of retribution and revenge that swing voters cannot stand. The people who do our testimonials emphasize that’s the main reason that they can’t support him, even though they previously did,” he added.
An arrest warrant has been issued for a Pennsylvania state lawmaker after police said he violated a protection from abuse order.
According to sources speaking to CBS News, Rep. Kevin Boyle (D) texted his estranged wife, which violated the order.
Boyle was first arrested in 2021 and charged with harassment and violating a protection order which was filed by his estranged wife.
Boyle has represented Pennsylvania's District 172 since 2011 and is currently running for reelection.
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As CBS News points out, Boyle is the younger brother of Rep. Brendan Boyle (D), who represents Pennsylvania's Second District. In a statement released on Wednesday, Brendan Boyle said his younger brother has struggled with mental illness, which has been a "nightmare" for their family.
"Like any family who has a beloved member with a serious health issue, we are doing the best we can to help him get better," the statement read.
He added that his brother "made a full recovery" after being treated for a "very serious mental health condition" in 2021 and had since shown a vast improvement.
"Tragically, several months ago his symptoms returned. In recent weeks his mental health has even further deteriorated. It's been painful to watch an intelligent, accomplished person with a big heart decline in such a precipitous way. Kevin's family, close friends, and several colleagues have done everything possible to get him to enter into treatment, but we have been frustrated by a system that gives little power to the loved ones of an adult with a serious mental health condition," the statement continued.
"Our sole focus now is for Kevin to get the medical treatment he needs and to make a full recovery like he did previously. Our hearts are with Kevin, as well as all families who are suffering because a loved one is afflicted with a mental health illness."
Jose A. Perez, a grassroots supporter of Donald Trump, has requested permission to file an amicus brief in the ongoing classified documents case against the former president, according to court filings on Thursday.
In legal filings, Perez told U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon that the prosecution of Trump interfered with his constitutional rights to vote and to election integrity. He claimed that the Department of Justice had been weaponized against Trump and his supporters.
The brief alleged that the Biden administration coerced intelligence agencies to influence the 2020 election, specifically accusing former CIA Director Mike Morrell of being pressured to support claims that damaging information from Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation.
The filing said the then-Democratic candidate "needed high-ranking former U.S. intelligence community officials to lie to the American people to save Biden's lagging campaign from a massive brewing scandal."
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Perez's filing also contended that the current prosecution represented a conflict of interest because it was controlled by Trump's political opponents, President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee.
"The prosecution is not representing the United States of America — a sovereign whose obligation is to govern impartially," Perez stated in the brief.
He suggested postponing the case until after the November 2024 Presidential elections to eliminate alleged conflicts of interest.
The court has yet to decide on Perez's request to be considered a friend of the court and to have his brief accepted into the record of the case.
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