Updates & Press

Republicans for Voting Rights Director Amanda Carpenter, a former senior staffer to Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, whose organization is against the broader GOP wave of election restrictions, said the ballot initiatives “don’t have to be successful to work.” “Because it keeps the narrative alive that something went…

“It was the media that went out and pushed this whole narrative about ‘this was an insurrection’ and ‘this was just way too out of hand’ and ‘these are not patriots,’” said Maura, who spoke in a recent focus group of Trump supporters from Arizona. Calling it…

“Liz Cheney gets purged for insisting on the truth, the kowtowing to Trump gets more and more extreme…I think he plans to run in 2024.”…

“We’re in a situation where a lot of … people were lied to,” said Olivia Troye, director of the Republican Voting Project and a former aide to former Vice President Mike Pence. Some are “being held accountable for their actions, but the people who misled them have yet…

“They’re laying the groundwork for upcoming elections so they can try to overturn them.”…

RAP Director Bill Kristol on new info about Trump’s conduct on Jan. 6: “He just didn’t act as president. Why not? Because he was, as he now basically says, on this side of those rioting in the Capitol and those attacking the Capitol, not on the side of those…

The Republican Accountability Project describes itself as an initiative tasked with “defending the accessibility, integrity, and competitiveness of American elections.” This Tuesday, the group uploaded a video to YouTube featuring “Julie” from Prescott, Arizona, who described herself as a former Republican and Army veteran who worked for the federal…

RAP Director Bill Kristol on the GOP’s attacks on military leaders: “The threat remains, and the behavior of the Republicans has been so appalling over the last six months that it’s not quite at the peak it was on January 6th, but it’s close to there.”…

This week, Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives walked out of the state capitol, denying the body a quorum as a way to block two new Republican-backed voting laws, SB 1 and HB 3. This was the second Democratic walkout since May, when they fled the state to…

“Trump doubles down on election lies, on rhetoric that’s harmful to Americans. Calling Jan. 6 peaceful horrifies those of us who lived that day.”…