Our Principles PAC

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Our Principles PAC was a super PAC established in January 2016 as part of the Never Trump movement. Its goal was to oppose Donald Trump's campaign for president. Our Principles PAC was led by , who was deputy campaign manager of Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign.[1][2] The month of the Iowa caucuses, the group sent out mailers to voters in the state, attacking Trump.[3] In March, it released a video attacking Trump, featuring women reading some of his sexist statements about women. [4]

During the 2016 presidential election campaign, New York-based hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer, whose corporation Elliott Management Corporation (EMC) specializes in distressed debt acquisitions,[5]: 301  was one of the group's donors. Singer supported Marco Rubio.[6]

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  1. ^ McCormack, Raymond (March 8, 2016). "Our Principles PAC". FactCheck.org. Annenberg Public Policy Center. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  2. ^ "'Our Principles' SuperPAC Spreads Anti-Donald Trump Message". All Things Considered. NPR. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  3. ^ Isenstadt, Alex (January 21, 2016). "Top former Romney aide launches anti-Trump super PAC". Politico. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  4. ^ Bash, Dana (March 14, 2016). "Anti-Trump ad shows women reading Trump comments". CNN. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  5. ^ Suarez-Villa, Luis (December 9, 2014). Corporate Power, Oligopolies, and the Crisis of the State. SUNY Press. pp. 378 pages. ISBN 978-1438454856.
  6. ^ Cassidy, John (March 3, 2016). "The Problem with the "Never Trump" Movement". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 25, 2016.

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