{"id":1365907,"date":"2022-03-09T07:12:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T12:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1365907"},"modified":"2022-03-09T07:17:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T12:17:05","slug":"matt-schlapps-cpac-group-took-over-180k-from-progressive-dark-money-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-schlapps-cpac-group-took-over-180k-from-progressive-dark-money-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Schlapp\u2019s CPAC Group Took Over $180k From Progressive Dark Money Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmatt-schlapps-cpac-group-took-over-180k-from-progressive-dark-money-fund%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1365907&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"code-block code-block-8\">\n<p><\/div>\n<p>The American Conservative Union (ACU) \u2013 which hosts the annual Conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/01\/19\/defection-right-wing-stalwart-jerome-riviere-shifts-from-marine-le-pen-to-team-zemmour\/\">Political<\/a> Action Conference (CPAC) \u2013 took a six figure donation from a leading left-wing fund for the purposes of \u201ccivil rights, social action, advocacy,\u201d according to the fund\u2019s financial records dated <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/01\/15\/fauci-net-wort-skyrocketed-in-2020\/\">2020<\/a>, The <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/02\/09\/forbes-corrects-covid-morality-pill-article\/\">National Pulse<\/a> can exclusively reveal.<\/p>\n<p>The New Venture Fund, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/newventurefund.org\/who-we-are\/mission-and-values\/\">mission statement<\/a> revolves around \u201cR<span class=\"has-inline-color\">ace, Equity, Diversity, &#038; Inclusion Commitment,\u201d issued a cash grant of $183,250 to the ACU, run by Matt and Mercedes Schlapp, in 2020. The fund is known for its work supporting anti-<a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/02\/01\/canadas-truckers-inspire-in-america-while-forcing-trudeau-into-exile\/\">Trump<\/a>, anti-conservative initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40075\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40075\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Schlapp\u2019s cash from the left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The ACU refused to comment when approached by The National Pulse. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/563412520\/NVF-2020-Public-Disclosure-Copy-1\">full 990 can be read here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The New Venture Fund was started in 2006 and ungirds much of the political left\u2019s activities in <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2021\/12\/19\/watch-ccp-stuns-biden-blasts-u-s-military-war-crimes-in-middle-east\/\">America<\/a> today. It\u2019s President, Lee Bodner, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/newventurefund.org\/who-we-are\/leadership-team\/lee-bodner\/\">former managing director<\/a> of Arabella Advisors, which even the <em>Atlantic<\/em> magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2021\/11\/arabella-advisors-money-democrats\/620553\/\">described<\/a> as a \u201cMassive Progressive Dark-Money Group\u201d which has targeted former President <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2021\/12\/29\/far-left-jan-6-commission-demands-bank-records-of-trump-staff-in-bizarre-intimidation-attempt\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>, his administration officials, as well as issuing over a billion dollars a year to left-wing groups and astro-turfed political operations. Bodner is also <a href=\"https:\/\/newventurefund.org\/who-we-are\/leadership-team\/lee-bodner\/\">described<\/a> as building \u201cstrategic partnerships with nonprofits, including the Clinton Foundation\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40080\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40080\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Short-Arabella-Organizational-Chart.png\" alt=\"arabella\" width=\"241\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Short-Arabella-Organizational-Chart.png 628w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Short-Arabella-Organizational-Chart-480x573-1.png 480w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Progressive Dark Money network<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2019 the Capital Research Center <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalresearch.org\/app\/uploads\/CRC_Arabella-Advisors-Dark-Money.pdf\">revealed<\/a> these left-wing funds are indeed all part of the same network \u201coperating under the aegis of \u2018philanthropy.\u2019 Their work concluded: \u201c\u2026this network is housed in and staffed by a for-profit, privately held consultancy called <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/for-profit\/arabella-advisors\/\">Arabella Advisors<\/a>, LLC<\/strong>.* Arabella manages four nonprofit entities\u2014the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/new-venture-fund\/\">New Venture Fund<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sixteen-thirty-fund\/\">Sixteen Thirty Fund<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/windward-fund\/\">Windward Fund<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/hopewell-fund\/\"><strong>\u00a0Hopewell Fund<\/strong><\/a>\u2014each of which shares an address and interlocking officers with Arabella.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GETTR_GetOnGettr_DM_V02_A5.jpg\" alt=\"Get On Gettr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" \/>  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cArabella\u2019s network often plays host to highly influential groups on the Left. For example, the Democracy Alliance, a network of donors co-founded by billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2020\/08\/03\/establishment-election-interference\/\">George Soros<\/a>, has used the New Venture Fund and Sixteen Thirty Fund to host at least eight projects that don\u2019t disclose their original funders\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Hayden Ludwig, Capital Research Center<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The news of Schlapp\u2019s Soros-linked cash comes as the eight-year-long ACU Chairman went to bat for <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/01\/19\/fauci-funded-transgender-monkey-experiments\/\">transgender<\/a> swimmer Lia Thomas. Thomas has dominated against biological female competitors, despite being born a man. Schlapp took to <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/01\/10\/harris-comms-director-declared-election-illegitimate\/\">Twitter<\/a> late Monday night to insist: \u201cNo matter what one thinks of Lia\u2019s ability to swim with women her story deserves our compassion. It will be interesting to hear Lia\u2019s pov in 30 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schlapp was soon taken to task by conservative commentators such as Jenna Ellis, former attorney for President Trump as well as The Blaze\u2019s Allie Stuckey.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40078\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40078\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FNS1hWaWYAMtPFn.jpeg\" alt=\"tweet\" width=\"344\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FNS1hWaWYAMtPFn.jpeg 642w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FNS1hWaWYAMtPFn-480x701-1.jpeg 480w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Schlapp\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s ma\u2019am!\u201d moment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The National Pulse can also reveal that in recent months, the American Conservative Union <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservative.org\/article\/acu-sends-letter-to-ncaa-president-in-latest-effort-to-protect-voters-and-their-voices\">pulled from its website<\/a> a letter sent to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) criticizing them for their pro-transgender sports position. The letter was originally widely circulated, but hurriedly pulled down a few months later. It is still <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210421052442mp_\/https:\/\/www.conservative.org\/article\/acu-sends-letter-to-ncaa-president-in-latest-effort-to-protect-voters-and-their-voices\">available via the Wayback Machine, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The letter appears to have been pulled down at roughly the same time Schlapp promoted communications staff Regina Bratton, <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalfile.com\/cpac-official-regina-brattons-anti-trump-pro-biden-activism-exposed-called-biden-our-last-hope\/\">who called Joe Biden \u201cour last hope\u201d against Donald Trump<\/a>, and insulted the former President\u2019s intelligence. Bratton has <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalfile.com\/cpac-official-regina-brattons-anti-trump-pro-biden-activism-exposed-called-biden-our-last-hope\/\">lauded<\/a> political activists such as Alyssa Milano, the Lincoln Project, Liz Cheney, Meghan <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/02\/03\/the-battle-for-tn-5-trump-defends-ortagus-pick-and-suggests-robby-starbuck-voted-for-obama-except-he-didnt\/\">McCain<\/a>, Mitt Romney, The Daily Show, <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/01\/06\/has-unmanageable-joy-reid-finally-been-fired\/\">Joy Reid<\/a>, Amy Klobuchar, and others.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40084\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-08-at-12.24.19-PM.png\" alt=\"cpac letter\" width=\"1920\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-08-at-12.24.19-PM.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-08-at-12.24.19-PM-800x274-1.png 800w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-08-at-12.24.19-PM-1160x397-1.png 1160w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-08-at-12.24.19-PM-1536x526-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-08-at-12.24.19-PM-480x164.png 480w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CPAC\u2019s website now hides their NCAA letter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Schlapp \u2013 a former <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/01\/13\/white-house-builds-wall-with-no-explanation\/\">White House<\/a> Director for Political Affairs under President George W. Bush \u2013 has come under a mountain of criticism in recent years for turning the once-lauded CPAC into a playing field his political family and their finances. Multiple sources have revealed to The National Pulse they now believe the event to be a \u201cpay for play\u201d scenario, wherein the largest donors and sponsors receive stage-time over the conservative movement\u2019s best and brightest.<\/p>\n<p>Schlapp himself seemed to confirm the matter in his tweets to Jenna Ellis on the matter of transgenderism. Instead of addressing the point, Schlapp callously fired back: \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Jenna this is a false controversy. You are upset w <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CPAC\">@CPAC <\/a><\/span>bc we didn\u2019t invite you to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the immediate aftermath of <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/01\/11\/watch-fbi-director-refuses-to-rule-out-agency-involvement-in-january-6th\/\">January 6th<\/a>, Schlapp <a href=\"https:\/\/thespectator.info\/2021\/01\/07\/maybe-she-was-doing-terrible-things-and-deserved-to-be-shot\/\">appeared on Fox News<\/a> to state that veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/01\/18\/new-video-analysis-ashli-babbitt-chatted-with-capitol-officers-and-attempt-to-calm-protesters-before-being-executed\/\">Ashli Babbitt<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/01\/28\/fauci-calls-for-universal-coronavirus-vaccine\/\">who<\/a> he misidentified as a 16-year-old \u2013 \u201cmaybe deserved to be shot\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand there\u2019s a 16-year-old young woman who was shot. Now maybe she was doing terrible things and deserved to be shot,\u201d\u00a0Schlapp said. \u201cWe\u2019re the party that talks about law and order and respecting cops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ACU failed to respond to multiple comment requests from The National Pulse, dated Feb 23rd and March 8th.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/app.memberful.com\/join\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20211111-WA0000.jpg\" alt=\"Fund Real News\" \/> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Conservative Union (ACU) \u2013 which hosts the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) \u2013 took a six figure donation from a leading left-wing fund for the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1365907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1365907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1365907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1365907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1365907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}