WASHINGTON — In another sign of the close ties between super PACs and elected officials, seven newly minted Democratic House members appear in a promotional video for a super PAC that helped them win election in 2012.
The online video, released Tuesday by House Majority PAC, features the seven singing the super PAC’s praises for helping to even the playing field for Democrats, who face massive outside spending by conservative organizations like Karl Rove’s Crossroads groups and the Koch brothers’ network of independent nonprofits.
“We were grateful to see House Majority PAC form so we could actually have allies on our side that were helping us get our message out,” Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.) says in the video. “That really was, in many ways, the difference in the outcome and one of the big reasons why we won this time.”
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