Our Principles PAC

Our Principles PAC was a super PAC established in January 2016 as part of the Never Trump movement. Its goal was to oppose Donald Trump's campaign for president. Our Principles PAC was led by Katie Packer, who was deputy campaign manager of Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign.[1][2] The month of the Iowa caucuses, the group sent out mailers to voters in the state, attacking Trump.[3] In March, it released a video attacking Trump, featuring women reading some of his sexist statements about women. [4]

During the 2016 presidential election campaign, New York-based hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer, whose corporation Elliott Management Corporation (EMC) specializes in distressed debt acquisitions,[5]: 301  was one of the group's donors. Singer supported Marco Rubio.[6]

References

  1. ^ McCormack, Raymond (March 8, 2016). "Our Principles PAC". FactCheck.org. Annenberg Public Policy Center. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  2. ^ "'Our Principles' SuperPAC Spreads Anti-Donald Trump Message". All Things Considered. NPR. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  3. ^ Isenstadt, Alex (January 21, 2016). "Top former Romney aide launches anti-Trump super PAC". Politico. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  4. ^ Bash, Dana (March 14, 2016). "Anti-Trump ad shows women reading Trump comments". CNN. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  5. ^ Suarez-Villa, Luis (2014). Corporate Power, Oligopolies, and the Crisis of the State. SUNY Press. p. 378. ISBN 978-1438454856.
  6. ^ Cassidy, John (March 3, 2016). "The Problem with the "Never Trump" Movement". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 25, 2016.