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Joinfortmill

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Sun Feb 8, 2026, 05:17 PM Sunday

Steve Schmidt and anti Trump former Republicans are going to spend $110 million to flip the House to the Democrats [View all]

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/08/anti-trump-former-republicans-have-a-multimillion-dollar-plan-to-save-house-democrats-00680114


'Anti-Trump former Republicans think Democrats are squandering their chance to flip the House — and they have a $100 million plan to save them.

On the heels of overperformances up and down the ballot this year, the Save America Movement, co-founded by former Lincoln Project founder Steve Schmidt, wants to pour up to $100 million into as many as 60 GOP-controlled House seats ahead of the midterms.'

The ambitious strategy for the Democrat-aligned group, shared first with POLITICO, is the group’s first foray into electoral politics after it has spent significant capital protesting President Donald Trump’s return to office, which it deems a fundamental threat to American freedoms.

“The Save America Movement was started with the express mission of defeating MAGA, but the electoral side, particularly the 2026 elections, are absolutely critical to that mission,”


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