A group of Republicans has launched a new super PAC that aims to provide support to GOP lawmakers who have voted to impeach or condemn former President Trump
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Founders, including allies of Rep. Adam Kinzinger
Adam Daniel Kinzinger New super PAC aims to support lawmakers who voted to impeach or condemn Trump Trump tears in Biden, GOP critics in first post-Kinzinger speech: GOP ‘definitely not united’ on ‘vision for the future ‘ LAKE (R-Ill.), An outspoken critic of the former president, started the PAC called Americans Keeping Country First, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
The super PAC describes itself as the only one “dedicated solely to defending members of Congress who took votes of conscience to impeach or condemn President Trump after rioters stormed the Capitol complex on January 6, 2021.”
Americans Keeping Country First will serve as the sister-nonprofit to Kinzinger’s own PAC, which it launched earlier this month to fight “Trumpism” and will strive to “build a base army,” the Post reported, citing documents .
Mario Castillo, one of the group’s advisers, told the Post in a statement that the new PAC “has a well-defined mission of providing air cover to members of Congress who took conscientious votes to impeach or condemn President Trump. “
Kinzinger, one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump last month, started the Country First PAC to raise money against a ‘huge 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 10 members of the Republican House and Sen. Lisa Murkowski
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Castillo predicted that Americans who keep Country First will get solid funding ahead of the primaries after receiving “ real interest ” from Republican donors.
The announcement of the new super PAC comes as Trump aims to maintain support as the leader of the GOP after his second impeachment, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Sunday.
The launch also follows as The Lincoln Project, the anti-Trump GOP group, was facing calls to close amid allegations of a toxic work environment.