{"id":2359067,"date":"2024-10-24T14:46:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T18:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reid-hoffman-is-top-donor-of-gop-women-pac-boosting-harris\/"},"modified":"2024-10-24T14:46:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T18:46:57","slug":"reid-hoffman-is-top-donor-of-gop-women-pac-boosting-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reid-hoffman-is-top-donor-of-gop-women-pac-boosting-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"Reid Hoffman is top donor of &#8216;GOP women&#8217; PAC boosting Harris"},"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%2Freid-hoffman-is-top-donor-of-gop-women-pac-boosting-harris%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=2359067&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--><p>Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn \u200dand a notable Democratic donor, \u2062has emerged as the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">largest financial supporter<\/a> of &#8220;Women4Us,&#8221; a super PAC promoting Vice President Kamala\u2063 Harris in the upcoming 2024 \u200delection. According to Federal Election Commission filings, Hoffman has contributed $518,000 out of the PAC&#8217;s total $644,000 raised since July. Women4Us aims to mobilize\u2063 Republican women and right<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/satisfaction-with-k-12-education-ties-all-time-low-in-new-poll\/\" title=\"New poll shows record low satisfaction with K-12 education.\">-leaning\u200c independents<\/a> to oppose former President \u200bDonald Trump. The PAC was established by political operatives with GOP ties, including Jennifer Horn, a co-founder of the Lincoln Project, which targets Trump. Hoffman&#8217;s\u200c support exemplifies a trend where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/many-victims-of-hamas-attack-were-left-leaning-activists-who-supported-palestinians-report\/\" title=\"Report: Majority of Hamas attack victims were left-leaning activists who backed Palestinians.\">left-leaning \u2064activists<\/a> and\u2062 anti-Trump Republicans collaborate to strengthen Democratic candidates, particularly against Trump during the\u200c GOP primaries.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Reid Hoffman revealed as top donor of &lsquo;GOP women&rsquo; PAC boosting Harris<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1843773\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, a Democratic megadonor, is the largest backer of a &ldquo;Republican women&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/super-pacs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">super PAC<\/a> supporting Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a> in the 2024 election, records show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Women4Us, a group that has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/independent-expenditures\/?data_type=processed&amp;q_spender=C00884239&amp;is_notice=true&amp;most_recent=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">spent<\/a> hundreds of thousands of dollars on digital advertising boosting Harris against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>, has received $518,000 of its $644,000 war chest since July 1 from Hoffman, according to Federal Election Commission filings.<\/p>\n<p>The super PAC, which, like others, may spend and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-elder-says-his-campaign-raised-4-5m-in-drive-to-replace-california-governor\/\" title=\"Larry Elder Says His Campaign Raised .5M In Drive To Replace California Governor\">raise unlimited sums<\/a> to support candidates, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/womenforus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">calls<\/a> itself a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.women4us.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">cohort<\/a> of &ldquo;current and former Republican women organizing and activating our fellow Republican and right-leaning independent women to defeat Donald Trump this fall.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Women4Us was formed by political operatives with backgrounds in GOP politics, the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/reid-hoffman-democratic-megadonor-linked-to-jeffrey-epstein-is-largest-donor-to-republican-womens-group-opposing-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reported<\/a>. Women4Us counts one of its advisers as Jennifer Horn, who co-founded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/261768\/lincoln-projects-sordid-spiral-leaves-members-disgraced-betrayed-and-in-some-cases-rich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lincoln Project<\/a>, a scandal-ridden group opposing Trump, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Hoffman&rsquo;s significant backing of the group illustrates how left-wing activists have, in the last several years, teamed up with anti-Trump Republicans to boost Democrats. During the GOP primary, then-GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley was boosted by a group called Defending Democracy Together co-founded by Bill Kristol, a Never Trump writer, the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2810505\/nikki-haley-new-hampshire-bill-kristol-liberal-dark-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reid Hoffman is seen during a live recording of the hit podcast &ldquo;Masters of Scale&rdquo; with Robert F. Smith on Day Three of Summit LA19 in Downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Amy Harris\/Invision\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Republican Accountability PAC, another anti-Trump committee, is heavily funded by Defending Democracy Together, Hoffman, and other left-leaning donors, the <em>Daily Caller<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/03\/17\/pac-running-republican-voters-against-trump-campaign-primarily-funded-by-major-democratic-donors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hoffman, who did not respond to a request for comment through his venture capital <a href=\"https:\/\/greylock.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">firm<\/a>, is not mentioned on the website of Women4Us. The super PAC also did not return a request for comment from the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Hoffman is a top funder of Future Forward, the main super PAC supporting Harris this election, the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3179215\/kamala-harris-influential-megadonors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since last month, Women4Us has directed almost $370,000 combined to the Virginia-based Resonate Networks, the Dallas-based firm Strategic Red, and the California-based SmartCall Media for digital advertising supporting Harris, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cancer-charity-gave-zero-for-research-millions-spent-on-salaries-travel\/\" title=\"Biden Cancer Charity Gave \u2018Zero\u2019 For Research; Millions Spent On Salaries, Travel\">federal filings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The super PAC was registered with the FEC in July, and its treasurer is a lawyer named Mike McCauley, filings show. In an &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.women4us.org\/advisors-allies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">allies<\/a>&rdquo; section on its website, Women4Us lists Kristol, the founding editor of the <em>Weekly Standard<\/em>, which was owned by Clarity Media Group, the media holding company for the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1843773\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1843773\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reid Hoffman is the main donor to a GOP women\u2019s PAC supporting Harris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2359068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/reid-hoffman-photo.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[43654,4021,7409,38930,43653],"class_list":["post-2359067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-gop-women","tag-harris","tag-pac","tag-political-donations","tag-reid-hoffman"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/reid-hoffman-photo.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359067","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\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2359067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2359068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2359067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2359067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2359067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}