{"id":2379492,"date":"2024-12-12T16:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T21:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-flooded-pac-boosting-independent-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T16:37:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T21:37:33","slug":"democrats-flooded-pac-boosting-independent-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-flooded-pac-boosting-independent-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats flooded PAC boosting independent &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdemocrats-flooded-pac-boosting-independent-washington-examiner%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=2379492&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>In the closing \u2064days of the election \u2063season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karoline-leavitt-i-am-a-gen-z-republican-and-my-time-in-the-trenches-taught-me-this-about-2024\/\" title=\"Karoline Leavitt: I Am a Gen Z Republican and My Time in the Trenches Taught Me This About 2024\">democrats invested millions<\/a> in independent candidate Dan Osborn&#8217;s campaign\u200b to challenge incumbent Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE), according to recent Federal Election Commission filings. The bulk \u200cof this financial support was \u2063funneled through a super PAC named Retire Career Politicians,which received meaningful funding from \u2064the Senate Majority PAC,linked to Chuck Schumer,and other prominent Democratic donors within a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-lawsuit-will-be-filed-today-against-mark-zuckerberg-and-the-dark-money-that-enabled-fraud-in-key-states-video\/\" title=\"NEW LAWSUIT Will Be Filed Today Against Mark Zuckerberg and the Dark Money that Enabled Fraud in Key States (VIDEO)\">dark money network<\/a>. Despite\u200b this support, Osborn was unable to\u200c secure\u200d a victory, losing to Fischer by \u2063nearly 7 \u2063points. Following his defeat, Osborn reflected on his campaign&#8217;s\u2062 accomplishments, while Fischer\u200b claimed the results indicated that voters\u2064 value candidates aligned \u2064with \u2064their principles.Throughout the election, osborn attempted to present\u2063 himself as an independent, even as he garnered support from \u2062progressive groups and Democratic\u2062 entities. His campaign faced scrutiny for \u200bemploying a marketing firm known for its controversial online tactics.  <\/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\">Democrats flooded PAC boosting Nebraska independent Dan Osborn with millions in final blitz<\/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_1909878\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>In the final days of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">election<\/a> season, Democrats spent millions of dollars propping up independent candidate Dan Osborn in his since-unsuccessful bid to oust Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE), according to the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/federal-election-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Federal Election Commission<\/a> filings. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The money, much of which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3223836\/democratic-dark-money-giant-strikes-out-nebraska-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">routed to a super PAC<\/a> called Retire Career Politicians that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/independent-expenditures\/?data_type=processed&amp;q_spender=C00876482&amp;is_notice=true&amp;most_recent=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">purchased<\/a> ads boosting Osborn, is the latest illustration of how the independent relied on influential Democratic donors to support his 2024 candidacy. Retire Career Politicians raked in $3.8 million from the Schumer-aligned Senate Majority PAC and funding from the likes of Sixteen Thirty Fund, a key cog in a massive Democratic dark money network called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3257138\/arabella-advisors-dark-money-hammer-hope-communist-hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Arabella Advisors<\/a>, filings show. <\/p>\n<p>It was, ultimately, no use. Fischer, who assumed office in 2013, beat Osborn by almost 7 points to retain her seat in the upper chamber. Reflecting on his loss, Osborn <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/nebraska-independent-dan-osborn-launches-group-working-class\/story?id=115973838\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">insisted<\/a> he &ldquo;created something pretty special here in Nebraska&rdquo; and vowed &ldquo;to continue that.&rdquo; Fischer <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-2024-nebraska-senate-fischer-osborn-cefcf578c5dc24ded79565885afb5260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> the results showed Nebraskans &ldquo;still vote for candidates who share their values.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of the election cycle, Osborn sought to distance himself from the Democratic Party. But privately, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3157103\/nebraska-independent-dan-osborn-praises-bernie-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Osborn praised progressives<\/a> while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3223836\/democratic-dark-money-giant-strikes-out-nebraska-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">top Democratic dark money groups<\/a> in Washington, D.C., supported his campaign with ad buys.<\/p>\n<p>Osborn&rsquo;s campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3208906\/nebraska-senate-candidate-progressive-firm-mocks-christians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">paid a progressive marketing firm<\/a> that mocked Christians on the internet. It also was fueled by consultants and firms <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/socialist-operatives-fueled-the-rise-of-independent-nebraska-senate-candidate-dan-osborn-financial-disclosures-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reportedly<\/a> associated with the Democratic Socialists of America.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">latest campaign finance filings show<\/a> that Retire Career Politicians, the pro-Osborn PAC with a Washington, D.C., mailing address, received a $200,000 cash infusion from Sixteen Thirty Fund in late October. Sixteen Thirty Fund, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/11\/17\/dark-money-sixteen-thirty-fund-522781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">spent<\/a> hundreds of millions of dollars willing President Joe Biden to the White House in 2020, had previously donated $1.8 million to Retire Career Politicians.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Majority, another PAC, chipped in a $50,000 check to Retire Career Politicians. LCV Victory Fund, the Democratic PAC arm of the League of Conservation Voters, donated $1 million to Retire Career Politicians on Oct. 21, according to filings.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats United, a Senate Majority PAC backer, donated $100,000 to Retire Career Politicians. Checks also came in from Democratic Power, Movement Voter PAC, the Stop MAGA PAC, and other Democratic-linked entities.<\/p>\n<p>Retire Career Politicians <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/independent-expenditures\/?data_type=processed&amp;q_spender=retire+career+politicians&amp;is_notice=true&amp;most_recent=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">spent<\/a> around $17 million on ads this election cycle supporting Osborn, filings show.<\/p>\n<p>Another PAC that supported Osborn is Nebraska Railroaders for Public Safety, which pulled in funding from Retire Career Politicians, Movement Voter Project, and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megadonors-pour-record-amount-of-money-into-get-out-the-vote-effort-for-dems\/\" title=\"Megadonors Pour Record Amount of Money Into \u2018Get Out the Vote\u2019 Effort for Dems\">left-wing donors<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3163992\/pac-targeting-republican-swamp-ties-dark-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Reid Hoffman<\/a>, the LinkedIn co-founder and Democratic megadonor, cut checks to Nebraska Railroaders for Public Safety, as did Sixteen Thirty Fund. <\/p>\n<p>This election, Republicans hammered Osborn as a a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/host2.adimpact.com\/admo\/viewer\/9a08853b-9fe6-462a-a317-f3474ad7c08e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democrat in disguise<\/a>,&rdquo; citing the fact that Retire Career Politicians boosted his candidacy. Osborn looked to position his candidacy as grassroots &mdash; which was hampered by the fact that left-wing Washington, D.C.-based groups, and other out-of-state donors, rushed to support him. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The donations from Senate Majority PAC to Retire Career Politicians were not made until mid-October, which allowed them to stay hidden until after Election Day. Hollywood film director Steven Spielberg also donated $25,000 to Retire Career Politicians in October, filings show.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Schumer&rsquo;s schemes were not only dishonest, but they didn&rsquo;t work,&rdquo; said Nathan Brand, a Republican operative who was involved in Senate races. &ldquo;When Democrats can&rsquo;t win on their policies, they resort to dirty tricks. Ultimately, voters saw through the Democrat nonsense.&rdquo; <\/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_1909878\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1909878\"}});<\/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>Democrats invested millions in PAC for Nebraska&#8217;s Dan Osborn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2379493,"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\/12\/Dan-Osborn-Nerbaska-dark-money-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,7026,7409,32603,32076],"class_list":["post-2379492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-independent","tag-pac","tag-political-news","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Dan-Osborn-Nerbaska-dark-money-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379492","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=2379492"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2379496,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379492\/revisions\/2379496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2379493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2379492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2379492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2379492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}