America Rising

America Rising is a Political Action Committee (PAC) that produces opposition research on Democratic Party members.[1] It is located in Alexandria, Virginia. It was founded in March 2013 by Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign manager, Matt Rhoades.[2] Political strategist Tim Miller left the Republican National Committee (RNC) to join the clearinghouse. As of January 2014, between the PAC and the Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) run by fellow opposition research veteran Joe Pounder, the organization employed 47 people, full or part-time. CNN reported that America Rising would be split into two entities: a super PAC that aimed to spread negative stories about congressional Democratic incumbents and candidates through digital channels and earned media, and a LLC that would house a video library to be shared with GOP candidates, the RNC and other right-leaning groups. To avoid making illegal in-kind corporate contributions, the LLC would likely need to charge candidates for access to the library.[3] Pounder and Miller estimated it would have a budget of between $10 and $15 million for the 2013-2014 election cycle.[4]

2014 Iowa Senate campaign

America Rising released a split screen video of Democratic Senate candidate Bruce Braley being readied for a televised appearance alongside a similar video of former U.S. Senator John Edwards.[5] America Rising also released a video of Braley saying of Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, "you might have a farmer from Iowa who never went to law school, never practiced law, serving as the next chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee."[6]

External links

America Rising Home page

References

  1. ↑ Moody, Chris (February 20, 2015). "Political dirt digger joins Jeb Bush PAC". CNN. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Republican PAC that’s filming every single thing that key Democratic candidates do or say", Slate Magazine, January 13, 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "America Rising GOP Research Super PAC Launches With Romney Campaign Manager At Helm", The Huffington Post, Paul Blumenthal, March 21, 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Destroying The Opposition Is A Business For the Right, A Cause For The Left", The Huffington Post, Jon Ward, January 25, 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "I feel pretty", Political Wire. Taegan Goddard, August 21, 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Sullivan, Sean. "Why Bruce Braley's 'farmer from Iowa' remark hit a nerve back home". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
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