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As far-left ‘squad’ members warn of the dangers of dark money in politics, a prominent committee working to expand its position in Congress receives a large cash infusion from an unknown donor.
The Judiciary Democratic PAC, which ran candidates including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri, received $300,000 from Organization for Justice in May, according to Federal Election Commission records. received. The money is kept in the committee’s non-donation account and can be used for advertising in favor of or against candidates.
Organize for Justice is a sister organization of Justice Democrats PAC. The nonprofit keeps its funders under wraps, making it virtually impossible to identify the person behind his six-figure cash injection, which is also the largest donation in the 2022 election cycle.
But this isn’t the only time we’ve received support from sources hiding donors. The left-leaning nonprofit Way to Win, which also supports far-left politicians in the mold of the Judicial Democratic Party, directed PAC his $100,000 in 2020, their filings show.
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This donation runs counter to the beliefs of many of the politicians they helped elect.
Ocasio-Cortez, elected largely with the help of the Judiciary Democratic Party, as well as previously appearing as the group’s “governor” in the paperwork, said that dark money “has become the foundation of our democracy, the country.” , and are destroying the planet.
“Black money is used to manipulate voters,” Ocasio-Cortez said in 2018.
“When politicians and corporations weaved the dark web of campaign finance, they created time bombs against foreign enemies,” she continued. “To make our democracy safer.” , we need to get the big bucks.”
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Judiciary Democrats, on the other hand, have gone through different election cycles with more negative than positive.
The group won in Pennsylvania with Summer Lee, who narrowly won the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania’s 12th congressional district.
However, the two races in Illinois did not give him an edge. Marie Newman, who currently represents Illinois’ 3rd congressional district, lost to incumbent Sean Rep. Casten in the first bid to represent the state’s newly reorganized 6th congressional district.
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and Kina Collins, who previously worked for President Joe Biden’s Collins faced off against incumbent Rep. Danny Davis.
The Justice Democrats did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the black money.
Fox News’ Kyle Morris contributed to the report.