{"id":159045,"date":"2021-02-22T05:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=159045"},"modified":"2021-02-22T05:13:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T10:13:38","slug":"pelosi-who-claims-to-oppose-gerrymandering-funnels-300000-to-democratic-gerrymandering-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-who-claims-to-oppose-gerrymandering-funnels-300000-to-democratic-gerrymandering-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi, Who Claims to Oppose Gerrymandering, Funnels $300,000 to Democratic Gerrymandering Group"},"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\">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%2Fpelosi-who-claims-to-oppose-gerrymandering-funnels-300000-to-democratic-gerrymandering-group%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=159045&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1273341099.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After calling for an end to partisan gerrymandering, House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) quietly funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to former attorney general Eric Holder&#8217;s effort to redraw electoral maps in favor of Democrats,\u00a0filings show.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi&#8217;s leadership PAC, PAC to the Future, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00344234&#038;recipient_name=national+democratic+redistricting+committee&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2022&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2020&#038;min_date=01%2F01%2F2019&#038;max_date=12%2F31%2F2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushed<\/a> $300,000 to Holder&#8217;s National Democratic Redistricting Committee late last year. In 2019, Pelosi said partisan gerrymandering efforts &#8220;compromise the integrity of our democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Democrats<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/pelosi-who-claims-to-oppose-gerrymandering-funnels-300000-to-democratic-gerrymandering-group\/\"><strong>Pelosi, Who Claims to Oppose Gerrymandering, Funnels $300,000 to Democratic Gerrymandering Group<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/claire-mccaskill-struggling-to-sell-posh-d-c-penthouse\/\"><strong>Claire McCaskill Struggling to Sell Posh D.C. Penthouse<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/dcccs-new-senior-adviser-remains-on-parole-in-new-york\/\"><strong>Top DCCC Senior Adviser on Parole in New York<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Holder\u2019s group is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-politics-redistricting\/how-the-battle-over-redistricting-in-2021-could-decide-control-of-the-u-s-congress-idUSKBN2AI1CX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gearing up<\/a> for a once-a-decade redistricting process that significantly influences which party controls Congress. It will serve as a data and legal hub and as a go-between for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and state legislatures, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/01\/28\/census-redistricting-delays-2022-house-463388\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to <em>Politico<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Pelosi, the speaker&#8217;s husband,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00344234\/1354818\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oversees<\/a> the finances for her PAC, the only political committee linked to a politician that has donated to Holder&#8217;s group in the past two years. The group is at the forefront of left-wing gerrymandering efforts, the likes of which Pelosi once opposed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This year, the Democratic Majority passed H.R. 1, the For The People Act, which works to end to partisan gerrymandering by requiring all states to establish independent, nonpartisan redistricting commissions to draw open and transparent statewide district maps after each Census,&#8221; Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speaker.gov\/newsroom\/62719-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in 2019. &#8220;We will continue to fight partisan gerrymandering, ensure every citizen&#8217;s vote counts and oppose any attempt to compromise the integrity of our democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Holder&#8217;s group has also received a six-figure contribution from George Soros&#8217;s Democracy PAC, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/2020-election\/soros-triples-election-spending-pouring-70-million-into-2020-efforts\/\">primarily funded<\/a> by the billionaire&#8217;s nonprofit network. A number of union PACs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;recipient_name=national+democratic+redistricting+committee&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2020&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2022&#038;min_date=01%2F01%2F2019&#038;max_date=12%2F31%2F2022\">including<\/a> Service Employees International Union, Transport Workers Union, and the American Federation of Teachers, have also poured cash into Holder&#8217;s group.<\/p>\n<p>The group&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/democraticredistricting.com\/leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">board<\/a> is composed of individuals from a host of left-wing groups, including Ali Lapp, executive director of the Pelosi-linked House Majority PAC, and Noam Lee, executive director of the Democratic Governors Association. It has also been aided by top Democratic lawyer Marc Elias, a partner out of the D.C. office of the Perkins Coie law firm who has led challenges against Republican-drawn electoral maps in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The National Democratic Redistricting Committee was born out of a quiet\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/01\/11\/us\/eric-holder-to-lead-democrats-attack-on-republican-gerrymandering.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strategy session<\/a> between former president Barack Obama, Pelosi, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), and former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe before Obama left the White House. The group identified breaking up Republican-controlled legislatures as a top priority. Holder has said the group&#8217;s mission is &#8220;personal&#8221; to Obama, who resented Republicans for disrupting his agenda in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>The coronavirus pandemic has made redistricting efforts more complicated than usual. The Census Bureau has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-politics-redistricting\/how-the-battle-over-redistricting-in-2021-could-decide-control-of-the-u-s-congress-idUSKBN2AI1CX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushed back<\/a> the release of its population count\u2014which is used to allocate House seats\u2014from March to September. The delay will leave states scrambling and time crunched to redraw their congressional maps ahead of the 2022 elections.<\/p>\n<p>An inquiry sent to Perkins Coie, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00344234\/1354818\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listed<\/a> as the contact for Pelosi&#8217;s leadership PAC in FEC records, was not returned.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After calling for an end to partisan gerrymandering, House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) quietly funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to former attorney general Eric Holder&#8217;s effort to redraw &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2273907,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1273341099.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Pelosi, Who Claims to Oppose Gerrymandering, Funnels $300,000 to Democratic Gerrymandering Group","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1273341099.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Pelosi, Who Claims to Oppose Gerrymandering, Funnels $300,000 to Democratic Gerrymandering Group","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159045","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=159045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2273907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}