Dissatisfied Republicans on the move….
The ‘Save America’ resistance movement IS getting ready to use money against their former parties leader…..
Anti-Trump former Republicans think Democrats are squandering their chance to flip the House — and they have a $100 million plan to save them.
On the heels of overperformances up and down the ballot this year, the Save America Movement, co-founded by former Lincoln Project founder Steve Schmidt, wants to pour up to $100 million into as many as 60 GOP-controlled House seats ahead of the midterms.
The ambitious strategy for the Democrat-aligned group, shared first with POLITICO, is the group’s first foray into electoral politics after it has spent significant capital protesting President Donald Trump’s return to office, which it deems a fundamental threat to American freedoms.
“The Save America movement was started with the express mission of defeating MAGA, but the electoral side, particularly the 2026 elections, are absolutely critical to that mission,” said Mary Corcoran, co-founder and executive director of SAM.
While its plans are big, SAM is starting small, identifying 10 Republican-controlled House seats it will focus on, spanning Alaska to Florida, according to an internal memo shared with POLITICO.
The seats the group is already targeting range from battleground areas like WI-03 — where Democrat Rebecca Cooke is making another run at unseating GOP Rep. Derrick Van Orden after losing narrowly last year — to the solid red MN-08, where GOP Rep. Pete Stauber won by 17 points in 2024.
The high-dollar goal of $50 to $100 million is no easy fundraising task. Asked whether the group would have trouble meeting the figure, Corcoran said “what I can tell you is that the response from donors has been very positive.”
The timing of the launch comes just a week after progressive Tennessee state Rep. Aftyn Behn made a double-digit cut into the GOP’s margin in a deep-red House seat but still came up 9 points shy of victory. That performance followed Democrats making sweeping gains in November’s off-year races, ranging from gubernatorial wins in New Jersey and Virginia to two flips on a statewide utility board in Georgia….
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