Nearly three dozen former Democratic officials called Monday on party outfits to stop writing checks to boost pro-Trump candidates in Republican primaries, calling the strategy “risky and unethical.”
The 35 ex-governors, senators and representatives said they “oppose any practice that intentionally elevates election deniers.”
“And as members of the Democratic Party, we are dismayed by the recent practice of Democratic organizations intervening in Republican primaries to promote candidates who deny the outcome of the last presidential election,” said the open letter on the Issue One website.
Democratic political committees and Democrat-aligned nonprofits in five states — California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland and Pennsylvania — have sunk nearly $44 million into primary advertising designed to promote “far-right candidates,” according to Open Secrets.