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efforts, however, were
unsuccessful—all 19 ofthe
house candidates it backed
lost, and Abbott easily won
reelection. Meanwhile,
State Representative
Bryan Slaton (R), one
of the largest recipients
of the PAC’s money,
was expelled earlier this
year “for plying a 19-year-
old staffer with alcohol and
having sex with her.”
The PAC is also “one of
Paxton’s largest campaign
financiers.” During
Paxton’s impeachment
trial, the group “paid
for campaign mailers,
television ads, and
text messages to try
to sway senators.”
It also “threatened to
target pro-impeachment
Republicans in next
year’s primary elections.”
Defend Texas Liberty's
large contributions to
Patrick came just before
he presided over Paxton's
Senate impeachment trial.
The Texas GOP has also
received donations from
Defend Texas Liberty.
According to the Texas
Tribune, Matt Rinaldi, the
chair of the party, was seen
entering the Pale Horse
Strategies building while
Fuentes was there. Rinaldi
told the news outlet that he
“completely condenui[s]
that guy” and “would
never in a million years
meet with that guy.” But
Rinaldi is an associate of
Stickland - the two sat on
the board of Texans for
Fiscal Responsibility, an
advocacy founded by
Michael Quinn Sullivan, a
high-profile “conservative
activist,” the Houston
Chronicle reports. Rinaldi
has also “used his authority
to throw the Republican
Party of Texas behind
Paxton and against the
60 out of 85 Republican
representatives who held
Paxton accountable,”
In a short statement,
the PAC told the Tribune
that it opposes Fuentes’
“incendiary views” and
“reject[s] Speaker Phelan's
effort to combine Defend
Texas Liberty PAC with
Nick Fuentes.” But it did
not explain why the group
spent hours meeting with
Fuentes.
Popular Information
contacted recipients of
Defend Texas Liberty’s
campaign contributions
since 2022.
Popular Information
contacted 45 campaigns
that received donations
from Defend Texas Liberty
PAC since 2022 and asked
if they would be returning
the money or donating it to
other causes.
Texas State
Representative Stan
Kitzman (R) sent Popular
Information a statement
promising to “redirect the
$5,000 contribution from
Defend Texas Liberty
to support causes that
resonate with my personal
values as a Christian and
as a representative of
House District 85.” These
donations include “$1,000
each to AIPAC, Shriners
Hospitals for Children,
Christians Engaged, Rohr
Chabad Jewish Student
Center of Texas A&M, and
the Texas DPS Officers
Association.”
The statement
condemned Defend Texas
Liberty’s association
with Fuentes, saying
that, “Fuentes’ views
stand in stark contrast
to conservative values,
and it is imperative that
any serious conservative
disavow such associations...
While I have no intention
of labeling the members
of Defend Texas Liberty as
antisemites or racists, their
decision to engage with
someone like Nick Fuentes
is a step too far.” Kitzman
was the only House
Republican who signed the
letter denouncing Defend
Texas Liberty who also had
previously received money
from the organization.
David Lowe (R), who
is running for Texas State
Representative District 91
after losing the Republican
primary runoff for the
same seat in 2022, sent
Popular Information
a statement from his
campaign manager James
Scott Trimm and his wife
Ingrid Kitty Trimm, who
are both Jewish, defending
Stickland. “I am proud to
say that Jonathan Stickland
is a friend of many years...
Anyone who suggests
that Jonathan Stickland is
antisemitic, clearly does
not know the man. I am
personally offended at
Speaker Dade Phelan’s
disingenuous efforts to
exploit the recent horrific
attack on Israel by Hamas,”
the statement reads. “We
absolutely denounce
Nick Fuentes without
reservation.”
According to the letter
from Ingrid Kitty Trimm,
Stickland told her he "did
not know much about
Fuentes" and "met with
Fuentes for about 15
minutes out of courtesy."
Lowe's statement did not
indicate that he planned
to return any money from
Defend Texas Liberty.
According to the Dallas
Morning News, Lowe was
among the candidates to
receive the most funding
from Defend Texas Liberty
PAC during one reporting
period in 2022. According
to the report, Lowe
received “nearly $171,000”
from the PAC.
The other campaigns
that received money from
Defend Texas Liberty did
not respond to Popular
Information’s request
for comment. The sitting
Texas House members that
received the most money
from Defend Texas Liberty
since 2022 include Tony
Tinderholt (R) ($119,000),
Nate Schatzline (R)
($26,000), and Brian
Harrison (R) ($22,500).
Prominent Republicans
can't stay away from Nick
Fuentes
Despite his repugnant
views, several prominent
Republicans outside of
Texas have chosen to
associate themselves
with Fuentes. In February
2022, two members of
Congress, Marjorie Taylor
Greene (R-GA) and Paul
Gosar (R-AZ), addressed
Fuentes' white nationalist
convention, the America
First Political Action
Conference (AFPAC).
Gosar addressed the
conference by video while
Greene appeared in person
and was introduced by
Fuentes. (Gosar addressed
AFPAC in person in 2021.)
Greene
initially claimed that she
does "not know Nick
Fuentes," had "never
heard him speak," and
was unfamiliar with "his
views." But AFPAC was
created because Fuentes
was banned from the larger
Conservative Political
Action Conference. Greene
appeared familiar with the
group's origins, addressing
the AFPAC crowd as
"canceled Americans."
Later, Greene reversed
course, saying that she
decided that she was not
going "turn down the
opportunity to speak to
1,200 young America First
patriots because of a few
off-color remarks." (She
also described the group
as "1,200 people gathered
to declare that Christ is
King.") She criticized the
"establishment" for deciding
to "cancel" AFPAC.
In November 2022,
Fuentes dined with former
President Trump at his
Mar-a-Lago resort. Trump
claimed he knew "nothing
about" Fuentes prior to
the dinner. Fuentes is
active on Trump's social
network. Truth Social.
After the dinner, however.
Trump "repeatedly
refused to disavow the
outspoken antisemite and
white supremacist... over
fears he might alienate a
section of his base," the
Guardian reported.
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