Scoop: GOP called Howard Lutnick to reverse crypto PAC's Texas move
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GOP officials contacted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about a crypto PAC's plan to back Ken Paxton in Texas.
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Senior Republican officials contacted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday regarding a new crypto super PAC, Fellowship PAC, which indicated in an FEC filing it planned to spend $1.75 million backing Ken Paxton in Texas. GOP leaders were alarmed because President Trump had not taken a side in the contentious primary runoff between Paxton and Sen. John Cornyn. The National Republican Senatorial Committee blasted the news, with spokesperson Joanna Rodriguez calling it "pure political malpractice." By Wednesday midday, Republican leaders were assuaged after learning the PAC never placed the ad buy and was not preparing to air pro-Paxton advertisements. Media trackers AdImpact confirmed neither Fellowship PAC nor its advertising firm, Nxum, had aired political ads this cycle.
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