NJ-07: Bennett campaign sends cease-and-desist letter to mysterious GOP-tied PAC

[RandySF]

After a week and a half of being pummeled by a mysterious super PAC with increasingly clear GOP ties, 7th district Democratic candidate Rebecca Bennett is taking legal steps to fight back, sending a cease and desist letter to “Real Change PAC” and demanding the PAC disclose more information about its motives.

The impetus for the letter was a series of text messages sent by the PAC telling 7th district voters that “Bennett is wrong for Congress” because she won’t commit to abolishing ICE. The texts did not list a paid-for disclaimer until voters responded to the message, which the Bennett campaign says runs afoul of FEC regulations.

The Bennett campaign’s claims, though, go much further. Real Change PAC claims to be “committed to progressive values” and has attacked Bennett from the left, but there is substantial evidence that the group’s true purpose is weakening swing-district Democratic candidates and aiding the GOP. If the PAC is indeed a Republican front group, the Bennett campaign says that may be a violation of state and federal law.

“This is not a technical issue,” the letter states. “Democratic primary voters are entitled to know whether an attack presented as a ‘progressive’ message is actually funded, directed, suggested, or assisted by forces that are seeking to help Tom Kean Jr. and/or manipulate the Democratic nomination.”



https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/bennett-campaign-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-gop-aligned-pac/