Dem-linked political group blasted for meddling in key GOP primary to boost challenger: 'Lame attempt'

A California-based radical linked to Democrats is getting progressive successful a Pennsylvania legislature superior by boosting a Republican against a Republican incumbent successful the latest illustration of wide funds being directed toward a GOP primary.

True Patriots PA, a wide radical linked to California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell, sent retired mailers to Pennsylvania voters to slam GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick and accidental helium is not blimpish enough, successful essence boosting his superior opponent, Mark Houck, Politico first reported this week.

Fox News Digital obtained immoderate of those mailers that framed Fitzpatrick arsenic a "RINO" ("Republican successful sanction only") and implied helium wasn’t blimpish capable for the basal that supports erstwhile President Trump.

"MAGA is acceptable to container the biggest RINO successful Congress," reads 1 of the mailers on with a photograph of Fitzpatrick photoshopped onto a rhinoceros body. "We sent Brian Fitzpatrick to D.C. to correspond our values, instead, helium became champion friends with Kamala Harris and the Democrats," different mailer said.

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Eric Swalwell, left, and Brian Fitzpatrick (File)

FEC records show True Patriots PA spent astir $26,000 connected the mailer.

Meagan Olson is listed arsenic treasurer for some True Patriots PA and the Swalwell campaign.

"I see Brian a person and idiosyncratic who has bravely defied his enactment to assistance unafraid Ukraine aid," Rep. Swalwell told Fox News Digital successful a statement. "I person ne'er heard of his superior hostile and americium not progressive oregon enactment immoderate effort to decision Brian successful the primary. My bureau uses a nonrecreational compliance steadfast that serves arsenic treasurer for dozens of campaigns."

When reached for comment, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) directed Fox News Digital to a Washington Post article successful January 2024 successful which DCCC Chair Rep. Suzan DelBene said her radical nary longer supports the strategy of propping up "far-right" candidates successful plaything districts.

"It should travel arsenic nary astonishment that a radical connected to Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat who is truthful dumb that helium was tricked into sleeping with a Chinese spy, would beryllium propping up self-described chronic masturbator Mark Houck successful the Republican Primary against Brian Fitzpatrick," Defending America PAC’s Chris Pack told Fox News Digital.

"Even Democrats arsenic intellectually challenged arsenic Eric Swalwell cognize that their champion accidental astatine flipping the 1 spot needed to instrumentality backmost Democrat power of the House of Representatives is if Mark Houck beats Brian Fitzpatrick successful the superior adjacent Tuesday." 

Houck, a pro-life activist, has made previous acknowledgments that helium "had a pornography problem" arsenic a young antheral and spoke openly astatine a religion league astir talking to his lad astir masturbation and erections.

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True Patriots PA sent retired mailers to Pennsylvania voters slamming GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick.

"I struggled with pornography, and of people that leads to intersexual sin, masturbation and stuff. That was a chronic habit," Houck said successful a 2010 interview, which Defending America PAC included successful an ad titled "Beat it."

In a recent statement, Houck said helium "fell unfortunate to the dehumanizing effects of the pornography industry" implicit "two decades ago." He besides defended the speech astir his son, saying the clips circulating online "seizes connected de-contextualized comments I made with my lad contiguous successful nationalist pursuit of this transformative ministry" meant to steer radical distant from pornography.

The Democrat radical boosting Houck is the latest illustration of a caller inclination successful which wide funds person been utilized to backmost Republican challengers successful an effort to descend candidates who enactment oregon are supported by erstwhile President Trump.

PACs linked to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer person spent millions meddling successful GOP primaries this cycle, including successful plaything authorities Senate races successful Ohio and Montana.

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True Patriots PA sent retired mailers to Pennsylvania voters slamming GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick. (Fox News Digital)

Duty and Country PAC, affiliated with Schumer, ran ads during the Ohio GOP Senate superior that accused Trump-backed businessman Bernie Moreno of being "too blimpish for Ohio." That effort proved unsuccessful successful the superior arsenic Moreno won each region successful the Buckeye State, beating his nearest challenger by astir 20 points.

In 2022, Democrats spent much than $40 cardinal to boost six pro-Trump candidates successful Republican primaries, and each six of those Republicans mislaid their wide predetermination races to Democrats.

Fitzpatrick, who has truthful acold declined to accidental if helium volition endorse Trump, voted against impeaching Trump doubly and won re-election successful 2022 by astir 10 points, contempt Biden carrying the 1st Congressional district.

"After years of brutal losses, the far-left has yet figured retired they person nary accidental of beating Congressman Fitzpatrick, truthful they’ve present tagged California left-wing extremists to meddle successful his superior utilizing the aforesaid convulsive governmental rhetoric they assertion to basal against," Fitzpatrick run spokesperson Ben Trundy told Fox News Digital successful statement.

"This lame effort to prop up Mark Houck, an admitted porn addict and serial grifter who believes successful implicit termination bans with nary exceptions, shows conscionable however hopeless they are to unit their utmost policies connected Bucks and Montgomery County voters."