Lying KS Abortion Vote Texts Traced To Ex-GOP Rep

The Washington Post reports:

The text messages arrived on Monday, the day before Kansans were set to vote on an amendment that would excise abortion protections from their state constitution. The text claimed that approving that measure, which could allow the Republican-controlled legislature to outlaw abortion, would safeguard “choice.”

The gambit was all the more alarming to abortion rights advocates and watchdogs because its source was unknown. But the messages were crafted by a political action committee led by Tim Huelskamp, a former hard-line Republican congressman from Kansas, and enabled by a fast-growing, Republican-aligned technology firm.

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Before he lost his 2016 primary, Huelskamp appeared on JMG many times for his work with anti-LGBTQ hate groups and for appearing in an anti-LGBTQ film that also featured an advocate for executing all gays.

UPDATED: Alliance Forge’s client, which crafted the messages, was Do Right PAC, led by Tim Huelskamp.

Why wouldn’t they sign their name to the pitch? https://t.co/tsqUxnTLbl

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