Super PAC attacking Ted Cruz revealed to be funded by DC Democrats

Daily Caller:
A super PAC that spent millions attacking Republican Sen. Ted Cruz during the midterm election was revealed Thursday to be funded almost entirely by Washington, D.C., Democrats.

The Texas Forever PAC, which spent $2.3 million on last-minute anti-Cruz attack ads, was funded by the Senate Majority PAC except for $10,000, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings in December. The Senate Majority PAC has strong ties to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and fundraises to help Democrats win control of the Senate.

Texas Forever was created less than a month before the November election and after the last deadline to report donors prior to Election Day. Because it launched so close to the election, Texas Forever was able to sidestep revealing where the funds came from until a month after voting concluded, a strategy that has been more frequently utilized with super PACs this election cycle, reported Politico.

The Super PAC’s goal was to help Cruz’s Democratic challenger, Rep. Robert “Beto” O’Rourke of Texas, win and flip the U.S. Senate seat blue. O’Rourke has railed against money in politics and even ran on an anti-PAC platform, a stance that he frequently promulgated while campaigning for Senate. Super PACs, however, operate separately from politicians and their political campaigns.

Interestingly, the El Paso congressman seemingly violated his campaign pledge after FEC filings showed O’Rourke accepting over $170,000 from the anti-Zionist J Street PAC. Emily Miller, a spokeswoman for Cruz’s campaign, called for O’Rourke to return the money.
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It appears to be a very misleading name for this funding mechanism.  Texas voters would have reacted negatively to it had they been honest about who they were.  The Texas AG's office should investigate the PAC for fraud.

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