Moar on AOC and her campaign
From Aug 2018. Great analysis of AOC's rise to fame and the goal of Justice Democrats. The campaign red flags were known back then.
"Brand New Congress, the PAC we now see Ocasio-Cortez criss-crossing the country helping to promote, has the perplexing mission of “attempting to recruit Congressional candidates to run as Republicans in red districts.” And while Ocasio-Cortez’ has been criticized for her post-primary national campaigning, that appears baked into the strategy with Brand New Congress.
Ocasio-Cortez’ campaign committee filings show disbursements to Brand New Congress LLC and Justice Democrats, alongside other serious issues. On July 19th, the FEC sent a letter to Ocasio-Cortez’ campaign committee treasurer outlining multiple accounting inaccuracies and requesting “information essential to full public disclosure of your federal election campaign finances.” The FEC has requested response by August 23rd and is considering “audit or enforcement action.”
The parties profiting from Justice Democrats and Brand New Congress are not naive to the perception issues their use of funds has created. For this reason they’ve sought to clarify, in increasingly convoluted ways, the tangled financial structures and relationships between the PACs, LLCs, board, and staff. Their explanation can be generally summarized as this: the groups structured themselves as a PAC in order to fundraise, but with the intention to operate as a campaign vendor to avoid working with the DCCC.
“By creating a scalable infrastructure that candidates can use to run their campaigns, we are able to start creating a party-like infrastructure that not only endorses and fundraises for candidates, but also provides them with the tools and people necessary to run a successful campaign.”
Which begs the question — if the goal is to create a “party-like infrastructure”, what is the purpose of running as Democrats in the first place? It appears access to voter data is the primary motivator."
https://medium.com/@PortlusGlam/not-here-for-progress-meet-the-tea-party-esque-insurgency-seeking-to-rebuild-the-democratic-party-669542298044