{"id":1406234,"date":"2022-03-29T05:15:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T09:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1406234"},"modified":"2022-03-29T05:15:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T09:15:22","slug":"moderate-conor-lamb-paid-blm-linked-firm-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/moderate-conor-lamb-paid-blm-linked-firm-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Moderate\u2019 Conor Lamb Paid BLM-Linked Firm Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fmoderate-conor-lamb-paid-blm-linked-firm-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars%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=1406234&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>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/\">Elections<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Lamb&#8217;s communications consultant, Fireside Campaigns, improperly solicited funds for BLM<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\"><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tRep. Conor Lamb (D., Pa.) \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/collin-anderson\/\" title=\"Posts by Collin Anderson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Collin Anderson<\/a> \u2022 March 29, 2022 4:59 am<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>The self-described &#8220;moderate&#8221; in Pennsylvania&#8217;s Senate race, Conor Lamb, has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to a consulting firm that also works for Black Lives Matter, which supports defunding police and abolishing prisons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>From August to December 2021, Lamb funneled more than $270,000 to Fireside Campaigns for &#8220;communications consulting&#8221; and other services, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00657411&#038;recipient_name=fireside+campaigns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>federal campaign finance disclosures<\/span><\/a><span> show. Fireside, which <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/firesidecampaigns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>describes itself<\/span><\/a><span> as a &#8220;majority queer-owned progressive digital, data, and communications consulting firm,&#8221; also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/firesidecampaigns.com\/clients\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>features<\/span><\/a><span> the national Black Lives Matter group as a client.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lamb&#8217;s decision to employ a &#8220;progressive,&#8221; BLM-linked firm to craft his campaign messaging could jeopardize his &#8220;moderate&#8221; status. Lamb has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ConorLambPA\/status\/1284278308067258371?s=20&#038;t=FQG4Wg977BsF9NOCbHjY1A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>portrayed himself<\/span><\/a><span> as the centrist alternative to liberal lieutenant governor John Fetterman in Pennsylvania&#8217;s Democratic Senate primary, and the congressman often attempts to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/opinion\/2020\/08\/25\/Conor-Lamb-Who-really-wants-to-defund-the-police\/stories\/202008250007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>distance himself<\/span><\/a><span> from the movement to defund police. But BLM is at the forefront of that movement. The group\u2014which was cofounded by self-described &#8220;trained Marxists&#8221;\u2014works to &#8220;reimagine public safety&#8221; by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blacklivesmatter.com\/defund-the-police-reimagine-public-safety-center-care-and-humanity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>defunding police<\/span><\/a><span> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blacklivesmatter.com\/imagining-abolition-episode-2-shutting-down-jails-and-building-up-movements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>abolishing prisons<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Fireside&#8217;s work with BLM has landed the firm in hot water. Last week, Fireside <\/span><span>sent <\/span><span>a fundraising email<\/span><span> on behalf of BLM&#8217;s charity, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation. The email asked for contributions to BLM&#8217;s political group, Black Lives Matter PAC. IRS rules, however, prohibit charitable groups from soliciting donations to a political entity, putting Fireside in &#8220;clear violation&#8221; of the federal agency&#8217;s laws, the <\/span><i><span>Washington Examiner<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/blms-charity-status-at-risk-over-solicitation-of-funds-to-elect-democrats-watchdog-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Neither Fireside nor Lamb returned requests for comment. In addition to Fireside&#8217;s partnerships with Lamb and BLM, the firm works with a slew of other Democratic congressional hopefuls, including Ann Roe and Christy Smith. The two Democrats\u2014who are running in competitive districts in Wisconsin and California, respectively\u2014combined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00725101&#038;committee_id=C00784587&#038;recipient_name=fireside+campaigns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to send<\/a> Fireside $145,000 in 2021. Fireside has also worked with the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, which works to elect Democrats to state legislative seats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lamb&#8217;s campaign against Fetterman has thus far struggled to take off. According to <\/span><i><span>Politico<\/span><\/i><span>, Penn Progress, a super PAC backing Lamb, recently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/03\/21\/pennsylvania-primary-super-pac-00018771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>warned<\/span><\/a><span> donors<\/span><span> that the Democrat is trailing Fetterman by 30 points. The group attributed Lamb&#8217;s shortcomings to the perception that &#8220;primary voters don&#8217;t yet see Fetterman as the liberal he is,&#8221; a dynamic Penn Progress said &#8220;needs to change&#8221; for Lamb &#8220;to have a path in the primary.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Fetterman, who has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/terry-mcauliffe-fundraises-for-self-described-democratic-socialist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>referred<\/span><\/a><span> to himself<\/span><span> as a democratic socialist and endorsed Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential race, has taken on a number of far-left positions during his time in the lieutenant governor&#8217;s office. In late 2019, for example, Fetterman <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/meet-the-prisoners-pennsylvania-dems-want-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>called<\/span><\/a><span> to end life sentences<\/span><span> for anyone who did not directly take another&#8217;s life, a stance that could lead to the release of hundreds of heinous criminals serving life without parole for second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and other homicide charges. As head of Pennsylvania&#8217;s five-person Board of Pardons, Fetterman went on to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/fetterman-voted-to-put-murderers-back-on-streets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>vote to release<\/span><\/a><span> violent criminals who were jailed for their roles in brutal murders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lamb&#8217;s Democratic allies could now look to highlight those positions in anti-Fetterman ads. A Penn Progress <\/span><span>memo<\/span><span> tested a slew of negative messages against Fetterman, including some that said the Democrat is a &#8220;dangerous radical who proudly calls himself a socialist&#8221; who &#8220;supports far-left policies like a $34 trillion-dollar government takeover of health care&#8221; and has &#8220;spoken at Defund the Police rallies and wants to release convicted felons back onto our streets.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Pennsylvania&#8217;s Senate race became a top priority for both Democrats and Republicans after GOP incumbent Pat Toomey announced his retirement in October 2020. Fetterman is considered the Democratic frontrunner in a primary race that also includes state legislator Malcolm Kenyatta. On the Republican side, combat veteran and former hedge fund executive David McCormick leads celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz by 6 points, a March <\/span><i><span>Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/free-beacon-poll-mccormick-overtakes-oz-in-pa-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>poll<\/span><\/a><span> shows.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elections Lamb&#8217;s communications consultant, Fireside Campaigns, improperly solicited funds for BLM  Rep. 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