Kirk Vowed To Spend $108M To GOTV, He Raised $2M

Salon reports:

In the spring, the conservative activist group Turning Point USA announced a plan to spend more than $100 million on a marquee “Chase the Vote” program, aimed at getting low-propensity Republican-leaning voters who might not have voted in 2020 or 2022 out to the polls.

However, the lofty goals set by the organization are meeting a more modest reality. According to Federal Elections Commission disclosures, Turning Point PAC has only raised about $2 million this cycle.

The Turning Point PAC has also only spent about $1.1 million, a far cry from the $108 million promised earlier this year.

Read the full article. More on this from Semafor below. As for the above, that’s $2 million reported to the FEC.

NEW: Trump’s success — or failure — on Nov. 5 could come down to the campaign’s ground game.

Top members of the party are already whispering concerns, pointing fingers, and offering pushback as it relates to the effort.https://t.co/JeRtEpXyAy

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