Republican AGs Cannot Shake Ties to Violent Trump Coup Attempt
Trump loyalists fueled by President Trump s continued claims of election fraud clash with police on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
By
The Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) is trying desperately to distance itself from the attempted coup by white supremacists and Trump supporters on Jan. 6, but it cannot hide from the fact that its actions helped fuel the violence that left at least five dead, many more injured, and the Capitol badly damaged.
RAGA was a member of the “March to Save America” coalition that organized the Jan. 6 rally in D.C. to overturn the presidential election results. Its former chair, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, spoke at the rally alongside President Trump. And its dark money partner, the Rule of Law Defense Fund (RLDF), ran robocalls ahead of time explicitly urging protesters to march on the U.S. Capitol.
A New Era of Social Accountability
Republicans who incited the Capitol Riot have been made unwelcome in polite society.
Jandos Rothstein
In the days following the insurrection at the Capitol, the consequences were relatively swift. Hundreds of rioters were rounded up by law enforcement, and within a week the president was impeached for a second time. But a deeper form of accountability was also taking hold, in the form of social and professional censure.
The Trump Organization has lost contracts and vendors. Key inciters like Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) may lose their legal and educational credentials. House Republicans who voted to object to the election results have also been shunned. Corporate donations to those held responsible have all but stopped. Those with ties to sedition are being ushered out of polite society.
In November, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr (left) became the chair of the Republican Attorneys General Association, while Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (right) became RAGA s policy chair and chair of the group s Rule of Law Defense Fund, which was among the sponsors of the Trump rally preceding the U.S. Capitol Riot and sent out robocalls urging people to march to the Capitol to stop the steal. (Official portraits.)
After its nonprofit subsidiary promoted lies about election fraud and made a robocall ahead of the Capitol riot urging Trump supporters to march there to stop the steal, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) a political spending group that promotes the election of GOP state AGs is under fire for its role in the campaign to block certification of the presidential election.
Wardt01 says:
Not sure what the point of these type of recent “shame the donors” articles is… However, I do have a question for the author at the very bottom of my comment….
To provide a little context….It is probably somewhat important to point out that during this same 3 year period, for instance, the top name on the donor list (Molson / Miller) contributed almost $9 million to the bank accounts of a very large # of the elected representatives in Congress.
These astronomically higher dollar amounts are unmentioned in this article, yet they the essentially direct bribes paid to elected officials (aka: 100% legal campaign contributions). They represent a much larger problem in our government.