Cits for the Republic CFTR

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</div><div style=""><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217015240/http://www.cftr.org/about/mission/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Citizens for the Republic (CFTR) </a>is a political action committee <a href="https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/speeches/1984/50884d.htm" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">founded</a> by Ronald Reagan in 1977 to “attract conservative support.”  <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/23/us/briefing-tilting-an-election.html" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The New York Times reported in 1985</a> that Reagan had praised his own PAC for ''turning the direction of the United States around.'' <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s1" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a>,<a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s2" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> [2],</a><a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s3" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> [3]</a>Citizens for the Republic was <a href="https://archive.fo/z4o42" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">formed</a> using money and mailing lists left over from Reagan's 1976 presidential campaign. The Nation noted that “Though aspects of CFTR were later determined to be illegal, the notion of using nonprofits between election cycles to pave the way for presidential campaigns has since become commonplace.” <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s4" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[4]</a>While CFTR was dormant for years, in 2007, a revitalized CFTR managed to secure $17 million in financial commitments and was headed by a group of former Ronald Reagan affiliations. CFTR participants at the time included Reagan biographer Craig Shirley, former Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt, former Reagan attorney general Richard Allen, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and conservative activists Brent Bozell and Gary Bauer,<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217013617/http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/10/gop_to_go_back_to_the_future.html" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> The Atlantic reported</a>. <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s8" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[8]</a>Craig Shirley's lobbying firm, Shirley & Banister, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/04/elon-musk-trolling-us-conservatives-green-tech" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">claimed</a> to have played a role in helping the “Tea Party Patriots in its rise to prominence as the premiere grassroots group in the country.”  <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s23" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[23]</a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217015240/http://www.cftr.org/about/mission/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">According to the CFTR's website</a>, “Today, the belief that man’s freedom comes from God and not the State is once again in danger of being extinguished in America. Once again, the Republican Party is in danger of extinction.” Working to “renew the conservative movement,” Citizens for the Republic says its “fights are many” and include “leftist, big government elites.” <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s1" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a>In addition to the <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00436675" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Citizens for the Republic PAC</a>, public nonprofit tax filings indicate that separate entities exist for a “Citizens for the Republic, Inc.” <a href="http://www.eri-nonprofit-salaries.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NPO.Summary&EIN=320234718&BMF=1&Cobrandid=0&Syndicate=No" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">(EIN 32-0234718) </a>and a “Citizens for the Republic Foundation” <a href="http://www.eri-nonprofit-salaries.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NPO.Summary&EIN=2646175158&BMF=1&Cobrandid=0&Syndicate=No" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">(EIN 26-4617515)</a><a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s5" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> [5]</a>, <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s6" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[6],</a> <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s7" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[7]</a><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-22/elon-musk-vs-the-trolls" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Bloomberg notes</a> that Citizens for the Republic operates as a 501(c)(4) “social welfare group,” which under federal law does not have to disclose its funding sources. Diana Banister, CFTR's executive director (and also <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217221514/http://www.sbpublicaffairs.com/about-us/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">President of the PR firm Shirley & Banister)</a>, said that contributors to CFTR are “small donors, mostly” and “nothing competitive with” Musk. Asked whether oil companies supported their website, Banister says: “We reached out to them [for donations], but they haven’t responded.” [<a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s14" style="text-decoration-line: none;">14]</a>, <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s15" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[15]</a><h3 style="line-height: 1.28205em; margin-top: 1.28205em; margin-bottom: 1.28205em;">The Sunlight Project</h3>According to their website, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161216220240/http://www.cftr.org/the-sunlight-project/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Sunlight Project’s mission </a>is to “ferret out corruption that wastes taxpayer dollars and continually undermines the American people in favor of the powerful and profitable.”<a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s9" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> [9]</a>The Sunlight Project describes the solar industry as “Big Energy”, and a “pet-industry of the Obama Administration.” <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s9" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[9]</a>Attack on Elon MuskCitizens for the Republic is behind the “<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161216220022/https://stopelonfromfailingagain.com/about/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Stop Elon Musk from Failing Again</a>” (<a href="https://stopelonfromfailingagain.com/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">stopelonfromfailingagain.com</a>) campaign, which describes itself as an initiative launched by the Sunlight Project, under Citizens for the republic “to root out corruption, fraud and abuse of taxpayer of money in major corporations.” The website claims that “Elon Musk has defrauded the American Taxpayer out of over $4.9 Billion in the form of subsidies, grants, and other favors.” It targets Elon Musk, Tesla, SolarCity, and SpaceX. <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s10" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[10]</a>Diana Banister, CFTR's executive director, announced the campaign, saying it would mobilize “public opinion, advertising, grassroots advocacy, testimony and legislation” opposing federal solar subsidies. <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s23" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[23]</a><a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/elon-musk-citizens-for-republic-2110459285.html" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">EcoWatch reported </a>that the $4.9 billion figure originated from a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217042248/http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-musk-subsidies-20150531-story.html" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Los Angeles Times story</a> which, Musk suggested, was planted after the International Monetary Fund's report detailing the fossil fuel industry's recepit of over $5 trillion in subsidies per year. <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s11" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[11],</a> <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s12" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[12]</a><a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tesla-ceo-becomes-target-after-election/article/2607770?utm_content=buffer3b677&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">According to the Washington Examiner,</a> the campaign started days before Tesla approved a merger with sister company SolarCity. “The Musk empire appears to be nothing more than a collection of failing startups and plummeting stock options,” the group said in a statement. “Even the once-touted SolarCity had to be bought out by Tesla” to survive, it added. <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s13" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[13]</a>Citizens for the Republic regularly republishes news from its “stopelonfromfailingagain.com” critical of Elon Musk and his companies. <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s16" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[16]</a><h2 style="line-height: 2em; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Stance on Climate Change</h2><h3 style="line-height: 1.28205em; margin-top: 1.28205em; margin-bottom: 1.28205em;">On Solar Subsides</h3><blockquote style="margin: 1.5em 30px;">“The U.S. government needs to stop meddling in industries and create an atmosphere that allows business to prosper without pledging taxpayer support.”<a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s17" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> [17]</a></blockquote><h2 style="line-height: 2em; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Funding</h2><h3 style="line-height: 1.28205em; margin-top: 1.28205em; margin-bottom: 1.28205em;">Koch Connection</h3>The Center for Responsive Politics <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2015/03/the-jcn-story-building-a-secretive-gop-judicial-machine/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">found </a>that two of the major funders of Citizens for the Republic—the Wellspring Committee and the Annual Fund—which together donated <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/political-nonprofits/receipts?id=320234718" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">nearly $1 million to CFTR between 2010 and 2011</a>, are part of the powerful Koch network. Wellspring in particular was described as a “dark money conduit” by the Koch brothers. <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s24" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[24]</a>, <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s25" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[25]</a>DeSmog has documented the Koch Brothers' multi-million-dollar-per-year attack on clean energy at <a href="http://www.kochvsclean.com/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Kochvsclean.com</a>.<h3 style="line-height: 1.28205em; margin-top: 1.28205em; margin-bottom: 1.28205em;">Funding Breakdown</h3>The Conservative Transparency Project offers a sample of some of the<a href="http://conservativetransparency.org/recipient/citizens-for-the-republic/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> funders of Citizens for the Republic</a>: [<a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s18" style="text-decoration-line: none;">18]</a>..[docs 990]<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" style=""><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2 style="line-height: 2em; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">ey People</h2>According to data from publicly-available 990 records, as well as the Citizens for the Republic website: <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s19" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[19]</a>, <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s20" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[20]</a><table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="695" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; width: 568px;"><tbody><tr height="21"><td height="21" width="280" style="width: 164px;">Name & Organization</td><td align="right" width="41" style="width: 19px;">2009</td><td align="right" width="41" style="width: 1.44446px;">2010</td><td align="right" width="41" style="width: 1px;">2011</td><td align="right" width="41" style="width: 1px;">2012</td><td align="right" width="41" style="width: 1px;">2013</td><td align="right" width="41" style="width: 10px;">2014</td><td align="right" width="41" style="width: 6px;">2015</td><td align="right" width="41" style="width: 1px;">2016</td><td width="87" style="width: 127px;">Title</td></tr><tr height="21"><td height="21" style="width: 164px;">Citizens for the Republic Foundation</td><td style="width: 19px;" /><td style="width: 1.44446px;" /><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 10px;" /><td style="width: 6px;" /><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 127px;" /></tr><tr height="21"><td class="rteright" height="21" style="text-align: right; width: 164px;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Craig_Shirley" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Craig Shirley</a></td><td style="width: 19px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1.44446px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 10px;">Y</td><td style="width: 6px;" /><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 127px;">Chairman</td></tr><tr height="21"><td height="21" style="width: 164px;">Citizens for the Republic, Inc.</td><td style="width: 19px;" /><td style="width: 1.44446px;" /><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 10px;" /><td style="width: 6px;" /><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 127px;" /></tr><tr height="21"><td class="rteright" height="21" style="text-align: right; width: 164px;">Cleta Mitchell</td><td style="width: 19px;" /><td style="width: 1.44446px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 10px;">Y</td><td style="width: 6px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 127px;">Secretary</td></tr><tr height="21"><td class="rteright" height="21" style="text-align: right; width: 164px;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Craig_Shirley" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Craig Shirley</a></td><td style="width: 19px;" /><td style="width: 1.44446px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 10px;">Y</td><td style="width: 6px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 127px;">Chairman</td></tr><tr height="21"><td class="rteright" height="21" style="text-align: right; width: 164px;">Dan Oliver</td><td style="width: 19px;" /><td style="width: 1.44446px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 10px;">Y</td><td style="width: 6px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 127px;">Director</td></tr><tr height="21"><td class="rteright" height="21" style="text-align: right; width: 164px;">Diana Banister</td><td style="width: 19px;" /><td style="width: 1.44446px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 10px;">Y</td><td style="width: 6px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 127px;">Executive Director</td></tr><tr height="21"><td class="rteright" height="21" style="text-align: right; width: 164px;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Edwin_Meese_III" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Ed Meese</a></td><td style="width: 19px;" /><td style="width: 1.44446px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 10px;">Y</td><td style="width: 6px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 127px;">Director</td></tr><tr height="21"><td class="rteright" height="21" style="text-align: right; width: 164px;">Laura Ingraham</td><td style="width: 19px;" /><td style="width: 1.44446px;" /><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 10px;" /><td style="width: 6px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 127px;">National Chairman</td></tr><tr height="21"><td class="rteright" height="21" style="text-align: right; width: 164px;">Mari Maseng Will</td><td style="width: 19px;" /><td style="width: 1.44446px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 10px;">Y</td><td style="width: 6px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 127px;">Director</td></tr><tr height="21"><td class="rteright" height="21" style="text-align: right; width: 164px;">Neal B. Freeman</td><td style="width: 19px;" /><td style="width: 1.44446px;" /><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 10px;" /><td style="width: 6px;" /><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 127px;">Director</td></tr><tr height="21"><td class="rteright" height="21" style="text-align: right; width: 164px;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Peter_Hannaford" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Peter Hannaford</a></td><td style="width: 19px;" /><td style="width: 1.44446px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 10px;">Y</td><td style="width: 6px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 127px;">Director</td></tr><tr height="21"><td class="rteright" height="21" style="text-align: right; width: 164px;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bill_Pascoe" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">William W. Pascoe, III</a></td><td style="width: 19px;" /><td style="width: 1.44446px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;">Y</td><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 10px;" /><td style="width: 6px;" /><td style="width: 1px;" /><td style="width: 127px;">Executive Vice President</td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="line-height: 2em; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Actions</h2><h3 style="line-height: 1.28205em; margin-top: 1.28205em; margin-bottom: 1.28205em;">“Elon Musk News”</h3>As part of their “Sunight Project,” Citizens for the Republic has been re-posting <a href="http://www.cftr.org/news/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">“Daily Elon Musk News”</a> on their website stopelonfromfailingagain.com (cross-posted on cftr.org). Their “news” stories, taken from a variety of sources, feature regular attacks on Elon Musk, his companies, and the renewable energy industry. Some recent examples include: <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s16" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[16]</a><ul style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217225515/https://stopelonfromfailingagain.com/2016/12/17/cut-off-elon-musks-government-subsidy-gravy-train/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">12/16/2016 – Cut off Elon Musk’s Government Subsidy Gravy Train</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217225657/http://www.cftr.org/2016/12/daily-elon-musk-news-12152016/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">12/15/2016 – NYT reporter swoons over Elon Musk</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217230218/https://stopelonfromfailingagain.com/2016/12/15/tesla-could-lose-lead-in-electric-cars-to-big-automakers/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">12/14/2016 – Tesla Could Lose Lead in Electric Cars to Big Automakers</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217230316/http://www.cftr.org/2016/12/daily-elon-musk-news-12132016/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">12/13/2016 – Tesla: Where’s The Value?</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217230435/https://stopelonfromfailingagain.com/2016/12/12/elon-musk-seeks-more-california-gold/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">12/12/2016 – Elon Musk seeks more California gold</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217230555/https://stopelonfromfailingagain.com/2016/12/12/tesla-recalls-7000-charging-adapters-after-two-overheat/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">12/11/2016 – Tesla Recalls 7,000 Charging Adapters After Two Overheat</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217230650/https://stopelonfromfailingagain.com/2016/12/10/spacex-customer-switches-a-satellite-launch-order-to-european-competitor/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">12/9/2016 – SpaceX customer switches a satellite launch order to European competitor</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217230749/https://stopelonfromfailingagain.com/2016/12/09/conservative-group-liberal-bloggers-trade-shots-over-elon-musks-taxpayer-subsidies/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">12/8/2016 – Conservative Group, Liberal Bloggers Trade Shots Over Elon Musk’s Taxpayer Subsidies</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217230928/https://stopelonfromfailingagain.com/2016/12/08/tesla-recalls-charging-adapters-due-to-fears-theyll-overheat/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">12/7/2016 – Tesla Recalls Charging Adapters Due to Fears They’ll Overheat</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217231023/https://stopelonfromfailingagain.com/2016/12/06/will-tesla-burn-through-its-remaining-cash/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">12/6/2016 – Will Tesla Burn Through Its Remaining Cash?</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217231313/https://stopelonfromfailingagain.com/2016/12/05/teslas-december-to-remember-and-more-model-3-problems/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">12/5/2016 – Tesla’s December To Remember, And More Model 3 Problems</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217231422/https://stopelonfromfailingagain.com/2016/12/04/tesla-stock-target-cuts-due-to-solarcity-deal-starting-to-come-in/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">12/3/2016 – Tesla Stock Target Cuts Due To SolarCity Deal Starting To Come In</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217231812/http://www.cftr.org/2016/12/daily-elon-musk-news-113016/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">11/30/2016 – SEC Rips Tesla’s Sketchy Accounting Practices</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217231909/https://stopelonfromfailingagain.com/2016/11/30/sec-slaps-teslas-wrist-over-accounting-practices/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">11/29/2016 – SEC slaps Tesla’s wrist over accounting practices</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217231950/http://www.cftr.org/2016/11/daily-elon-musk-news-112816/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">11/28/2016 – Stop Elon Musk’s Tax Money Gravy Train</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217232059/https://stopelonfromfailingagain.com/2016/11/27/elon-musk-picks-up-fifth-multi-million-dollar-property-in-bel-air-exclusive/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">11/27/2016 – Elon Musk Picks Up Fifth Multi-Million Dollar Property in Bel Air (EXCLUSIVE)</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217232145/http://www.cftr.org/2016/11/daily-elon-musk-news-112616/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">11/26/2016 – Tesla’s Earnings Potential For Solar Roof Shingles Is Actually Pretty Small</a></li></ul><h2 style="line-height: 2em; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Related Organizations</h2><ul style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"><li>Shirley & Banister Public Affairs</li></ul>Craig Shirley, Chairman of Citizens for the Republic, is also President and CEO of Shirley & Panister Public Affairs. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040211082149/www.sbpublicaffairs.com/clients.htm" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Clients of the group</a> have included the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Heritage_Foundation" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Heritage Foundation</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Manhattan_Institute" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Manhattan Institute</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/National_Rifle_Association" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">National Rifle Association</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/National_Taxpayers_Union" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">National Taxpayers Union</a>,<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nuclear_Energy_Institute" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> Nuclear Energy Institute,</a> Washington Times Foundation, and others. <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s21" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[21] </a>Diana Banister, Executive Director of CFTR, is <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217221514/http://www.sbpublicaffairs.com/about-us/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">President of the firm</a>. She was promoted from Vice President and then named a partner in 2001. <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s15" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[15]</a><h2 style="line-height: 2em; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Contact & Address</h2><h3 style="line-height: 1.28205em; margin-top: 1.28205em; margin-bottom: 1.28205em;">Citizens for the Republic PAC – FEC Identification Number C00436675)</h3>Based on the<a href="https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3242033/CFTR-2016-10-10-9032229798.pdf" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> most recent available FEC Data (October, 2016)</a>, Citizens for the Republic PAC listed the following address:<blockquote style="margin: 1.5em 30px;">122 South Patrick Street
Alexandria, VA 22314</blockquote><h3 style="line-height: 1.28205em; margin-top: 1.28205em; margin-bottom: 1.28205em;">Citizens for the Republic Foundation – EIN 26-4617515</h3>According to the <a href="https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3242047/CFTR-Foundation-2014.pdf" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">2014 990 form for Citizens for the Republic Foundation</a>, it shared the physical address of Citizens for the Republic, Inc.:<blockquote style="margin: 1.5em 30px;">919 Prince St. 
Alexandria, VA 22314
780-739-5920</blockquote><h3 style="line-height: 1.28205em; margin-top: 1.28205em; margin-bottom: 1.28205em;">Citizens for the Republic Inc. – EIN 32-0234718</h3>According to their <a href="https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3242041/CFTR-2014.pdf" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">2014 990 form Citizens for the Republic Inc. </a>had the following address & contact:<blockquote style="margin: 1.5em 30px;">919 Prince St. 
Alexandria, VA 22314
<a href="http://www.cftr.org/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">CFTR.org</a>
780-739-5920</blockquote>The website, CFTR.org, lists their copyright owner as “Citizens for the Republic, Inc.” and <a href="http://www.cftr.org/contact-us/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">maintains the same address</a> as above. <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/citizens-for-the-republic#s22" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[22]</a><h2 style="line-height: 2em; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Resources</h2><ol style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"><li><a id="s1" name="s1" style="" />“<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217015240/http://www.cftr.org/about/mission/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">OUR HISTORY</a>,” Citizens for the Republic. Archived December 17, 2016. Archive.is URL: <a href="https://archive.is/YrjT3" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://archive.is/YrjT3</a></li><li><a id="s2" name="s2" style="" />“<a href="https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/speeches/1984/50884d.htm" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Nominations & Appointments, May 8, 1984</a>.” Reagan Library. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217011821/https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/speeches/1984/50884d.htm" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Archived December 16, 2016</a>. Archive.is URL: <a href="https://archive.is/NGyNw" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://archive.is/NGyNw</a></li><li><a id="s3" name="s3" style="" />Marjorie Hunter and Warren Weaver Jr. “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/23/us/briefing-tilting-an-election.html" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">BRIEFING ; Tilting an 'Election'</a>,” The New York Times, March 23, 1985. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217010622/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/23/us/briefing-tilting-an-election.html" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Archived December 16, 2016.</a> Archive.is URL:<a href="https://archive.is/ve88u" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> https://archive.is/ve88u</a></li><li><a id="s4" name="s4" style="" />“<a href="https://archive.fo/z4o42" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Buchanan Inc.: How Pat and Bay Built an Empire on Our Money</a>,” The Nation, November 4, 1999. Archived October 6, 2013. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.</li><li><a id="s5" name="s5" style="" />“<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00436675" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Citizens for the Republic PAC</a>,” OpenSecrets. Accessed December 16, 2016.</li><li><a id="s6" name="s6" style="" />“<a href="http://www.eri-nonprofit-salaries.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NPO.Summary&EIN=320234718&BMF=1&Cobrandid=0&Syndicate=No" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">CITIZENS FOR THE REPUBLIC INC</a>,” Economic Research Institute. Accessed December 16, 2016.</li><li><a href="http://www.eri-nonprofit-salaries.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NPO.Summary&EIN=2646175158&BMF=1&Cobrandid=0&Syndicate=No" id="s7" name="s7" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">“CITIZENS FOR THE REPUBLIC FOUNDATION INC,” </a>Economic Research Institute. Accessed December 16, 2016.</li><li><a id="s8" name="s8" style="" />Rick Moran. “<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217013617/http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/10/gop_to_go_back_to_the_future.html" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">GOP To Go 'Back to the Future?'</a>” American Thinker, October 6, 2007. Archived December 16, 2016. Archive.is URL: <a href="https://archive.is/sUhq5" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://archive.is/sUhq5</a></li><li><a id="s9" name="s9" style="" />“<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161216220240/http://www.cftr.org/the-sunlight-project/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">THE SUNLIGHT PROJECT</a>,” Citizens for the Republic. Archived December 16, 2016. Archive.is URL: <a href="https://archive.is/E8SGt" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://archive.is/E8SGt</a></li><li><a id="s10" name="s10" style="" />“<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161216220022/https://stopelonfromfailingagain.com/about/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">About</a>,” Stop Elon Musk from Failing Again. Archived December 16, 2016. Archive.is URL: <a href="https://archive.is/44Wab" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://archive.is/44Wab</a></li><li><a id="s11" name="s11" style="" />Lorraine Chow. “<a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/elon-musk-citizens-for-republic-2110459285.html" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Anti-Elon Musk Campaign Has Big Ties to Big Energy</a>,” EcoWatch, November 25, 2016. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217042133/http://www.ecowatch.com/elon-musk-citizens-for-republic-2110459285.html" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Archived December 17, 2016</a>. Archive.is URL: <a href="https://archive.is/dh9tB" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://archive.is/dh9tB</a></li><li><a id="s12" name="s12" style="" />“<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217042248/http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-musk-subsidies-20150531-story.html" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Elon Musk's growing empire is fueled by $4.9 billion in government subsidies</a>,” Los Angeles Times, May 30, 2015. Archived December 16, 2016. Archive.is URL: <a href="https://archive.is/qQKCC" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://archive.is/qQKCC</a></li><li><a id="s13" name="s13" style="" />John Siciliano. “<a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tesla-ceo-becomes-target-after-election/article/2607770?utm_content=buffer3b677&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tesla CEO becomes target after Trump election</a>,” Washington Examiner, November 18, 2016. Archive.is URL: <a href="https://archive.is/mxCMd" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://archive.is/mxCMd</a></li><li><a id="s14" name="s14" style="" />Paul Barrett. “<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-22/elon-musk-vs-the-trolls" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Elon Musk vs. the Trolls</a>,” Bloomberg, November 22, 2016. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217235222/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-22/elon-musk-vs-the-trolls" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Archived December 16, 2016</a>. Archive.is URL: <a href="https://archive.is/fohxZ" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://archive.is/fohxZ</a></li><li><a id="s15" name="s15" style="" />“<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217221514/http://www.sbpublicaffairs.com/about-us/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">About Us</a>,” Shirley & Banister. Archived December 17, 2016. Archive.is URL: <a href="https://archive.is/FPqnJ" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://archive.is/FPqnJ</a></li><li><a id="s16" name="s16" style="" />“<a href="http://www.cftr.org/news/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">NEWS</a>,” Citizens for the Republic. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217015956/http://www.cftr.org/news/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Archived December 16, 2016</a>. Archive.is URL: <a href="https://archive.is/emcFI" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://archive.is/emcFI</a></li><li><a id="s17" name="s17" style="" />“<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217020209/http://www.cftr.org/the-sunlight-project/solar-subsidies/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">SOLAR SUBSIDIES</a>,” Citizens for the Republic. Archived December 16, 2016. Archive.is URL: <a href="https://archive.is/XvndT" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://archive.is/XvndT</a></li><li><a id="s18" name="s18" style="" />“<a href="http://conservativetransparency.org/recipient/citizens-for-the-republic/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Citizens for the Republic,</a>” Conservative Transparency. Accessed December 16, 2016.</li><li><a id="s19" name="s19" style="" />“<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217213611/http://www.cftr.org/about/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Board of Directors</a>,” Citizens for the Republic. Archived December 17, 2016. Archive.is URL:<a href="https://archive.is/clWs3" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> https://archive.is/clWs3</a></li><li><a id="s20" name="s20" style="" />“<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150611034114/http://www.cftr.org/about/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Board of Directors</a>,” Citizens for the Republic. Archived June 11, 2015. Archive.is URL: <a href="https://archive.is/9Adrw" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://archive.is/9Adrw</a> </li><li><a id="s21" name="s21" style="" />“<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040211082149/www.sbpublicaffairs.com/clients.htm" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Clients</a>,” Shirley & Banister Public Affairs. Archived February 11, 2004. Archive.is URL: <a href="https://archive.is/3FYIZ" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://archive.is/3FYIZ</a></li><li><a id="s22" name="s22" style="" />“<a href="http://www.cftr.org/contact-us/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Contact U</a>s,” Citizens for the Republic. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161217204227/http://www.cftr.org/contact-us/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Archived December 17, 2016</a>. Archive.is URL:  <a href="https://archive.is/XVg7V" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://archive.is/XVg7V</a></li><li><a id="s23" name="s23" style="" />Jamie Doward. “<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/04/elon-musk-trolling-us-conservatives-green-tech" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The trolling of Elon Musk: how US conservatives are attacking green tech,</a>” The Guardian, December 4, 2016. Archived December 27, 2016. Archive.is URL: <a href="https://archive.is/Fq3me" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://archive.is/Fq3me</a></li><li><a id="s24" name="s24" style="" />Viveca Novak and Peter Stone. “<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2015/03/the-jcn-story-building-a-secretive-gop-judicial-machine/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The JCN Story: Building a Secretive GOP Judicial Machine</a>,” Centre for Responsive Politics, March 23, 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161218001742/https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2015/03/the-jcn-story-building-a-secretive-gop-judicial-machine/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Archived December 18, 2016</a>. Archive.is URL: <a href="https://archive.is/IoM7A" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://archive.is/IoM7A</a></li><li><a id="s25" name="s25" style="" />“<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/political-nonprofits/receipts?id=320234718" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Citizens for the republic: Receipts reported to IRS by Contributing Organizations</a>,” Centre for Responsive Politics. Accessed December 17, 2016.</li></ol><h3 style="line-height: 1.28205em; margin-top: 1.28205em; margin-bottom: 1.28205em;">Other Resources</h3><ul style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"><li>“<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Citizens_for_the_Republic" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Citizens for the Republic</a>,” SourceWatch. Archive.is URL:<a href="https://archive.is/IXZye" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> https://archive.is/IXZye</a></li><li>Marc Ambinger. “<a href="https://arkansasgopwing.blogspot.ca/2007/10/reagans-disciples-plan-relaunch-of.html" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Reagan’s Disciples Plan Relaunch Of Conservative Movement</a>,” The Atlantic. Republished (partial article) by ARRA News Service. Archive.is URL: <a href="https://archive.is/5n2wd" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://archive.is/5n2wd</a></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above" style="padding: 1.5em 0px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 1.5em;"><div class="field-label" style="text-transform: uppercase; display: inline;">TAGS: </div><div class="field-items" style="display: inline;"><div class="field-item even" style="display: inline-block; margin-right: 0.5em;"><a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/7917" style="">denierorgs</a></div><div class="field-item odd" style="display: inline-block; margin-right: 0.5em;"><a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/topics/sunlight-project" style="">the sunlight project</a></div><div class="field-item even" style="display: inline-block; margin-right: 0.5em;"><a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/topics/elon-musk" style="">elon musk</a></div><div class="field-item odd" style="display: inline-block; margin-right: 0.5em;"><a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/topics/koch-vs-clean" style="">koch vs clean</a></div></div></div></div><div style=""></div><div style="">Citizens for the Republic’s NAICS: 813,813410</div><div style="">
</div><div style="">Citizens for the Republic’s headquarters are in 919 Prince St, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, United States</div><div style=""><div ngcontent-app-root-c7="" class="company-description-text-wrapper" style="box-sizing: inherit; width: 686.844px;">Citizens for the Republic (www.CFTR.org) is a conservative grassroots lobbying organization dedicated to promoting the ideology and political philosophy of Rona... Read More</div><div _ngcontent-app-root-c7="" class="vertical-icons" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><app-icon-text _ngcontent-app-root-c7="" class="vertical-gap first" _nghost-app-root-c24="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" class="icon-text-wrapper" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; align-items: center; margin-bottom: 16px;"><div _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" class="icon-text-image-wrapper" style="box-sizing: inherit; width: 20px; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap;"><img _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" src="https://www.zoominfo.com/ge-assets/seo-company-directory/icons/headquarters_icon.png" data-src="/ge-assets/seo-company-directory/icons/headquarters_icon.png" alt="Headquarters" style="box-sizing: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div><h3 _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" class="icon-label" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 19px; line-height: 30px; font-weight: 400;">Headquarters:</h3><div _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap;">919 Prince St, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, United States</div></div></app-icon-text><app-icon-text _ngcontent-app-root-c7="" class="vertical-gap" _nghost-app-root-c24="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" class="icon-text-wrapper" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; align-items: center; margin-bottom: 16px;"><div _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" class="icon-text-image-wrapper" style="box-sizing: inherit; width: 20px;"><img _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" src="https://www.zoominfo.com/ge-assets/seo-company-directory/icons/phone_icon.png" data-src="/ge-assets/seo-company-directory/icons/phone_icon.png" alt="Phone" style="box-sizing: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div><h3 _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" class="icon-label" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 19px; line-height: 30px; font-weight: 400;">Phone:</h3><div _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">(703) 739-5920</div></div></app-icon-text><app-icon-text _ngcontent-app-root-c7="" class="vertical-gap website-link" _nghost-app-root-c24="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" class="icon-text-wrapper" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; align-items: center; margin-bottom: 16px;"><div _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" class="icon-text-image-wrapper" style="box-sizing: inherit; width: 20px;"><img _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" src="https://www.zoominfo.com/ge-assets/seo-company-directory/icons/globe_icon.png" data-src="/ge-assets/seo-company-directory/icons/globe_icon.png" alt="Website" style="box-sizing: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div><h3 _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" class="icon-label" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 19px; line-height: 30px; font-weight: 400;">Website:</h3><a _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" class="content link" rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://www.cftr.org/" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; margin-left: 4px;">www.cftr.org</a></div></app-icon-text><app-icon-text ngcontent-app-root-c7="" class="vertical-gap" _nghost-app-root-c24="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" class="icon-text-wrapper" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; align-items: center; margin-bottom: 16px;"><div _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" class="icon-text-image-wrapper" style="box-sizing: inherit; width: 20px;"><img _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" src="https://www.zoominfo.com/ge-assets/seo-company-directory/icons/employees_icon.png" data-src="/ge-assets/seo-company-directory/icons/employees_icon.png" alt="Employees" style="box-sizing: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div><h3 _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" class="icon-label" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 19px; line-height: 30px; font-weight: 400;">Employees:</h3><div _ngcontent-app-root-c24="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">65</div></div></app-icon-text></div></div><div style="">=</div><div style=""><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_the_Republic">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_the_Republic</a></div><div style="">
</div><div style="">citizens for the Republic (CFTR) is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">political action committee</a> founded in 1977 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Ronald Reagan</a>, five months after he narrowly lost his bid for the 1976 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Republican Party</a> (GOP) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.presidential_election,1976" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1976" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">presidential</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomination" title="Nomination" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">nomination</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_R.Ford,Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Gerald R. Ford, Jr." style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Gerald R. Ford, Jr.</a> The committee was first directed by Reagan aide <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyn_Nofziger" title="Lyn Nofziger" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Lyn Nofziger</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_the_Republic#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a> Under American tax law, it is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)organization" title="501(c) organization" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">527 organization</a>.</div><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="mw-parser-output"><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3;">Organizational history[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Citizens_for_the_Republic&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Organizational history" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h2>According to the CFTR website, "Reagan took the tired, run-down GOP [of the Ford-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M.Nixon" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard M. Nixon" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Nixon</a> years] and turned it into a vibrant political force which drew sustenance from the millions of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (politics)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">conservative</a> Americans who believed in these principles."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_the_Republic#cite_note-mission-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a>By the time Reagan unseated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Jimmy Carter</a> to become president in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.presidential_election,1980" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1980" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">1980</a>, the group continued to be active throughout the 1980s, eventually becoming dormant following President Reagan's departure from office. The Executive Director was Curtis Mack, who became Director of the National Oceanographics and Atmospheric Administration following Reagan's re-election in 1984. Mack was succeeded by Wendy Borcherdt.In 2009, it was revived by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Shirley" title="Craig Shirley" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Craig Shirley</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_consulting" title="Political consulting" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">political consultant</a> who has written two best-selling books on the Reagan campaigns of 1976 and 1980. Shirley remains the chairman of Citizens for the Republic.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_the_Republic#cite_note-whoweare-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a> CFTR describes itself as a "national organization dedicated to revitalizing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">conservative movement</a> [through] education, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassroots" title="Grassroots" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">grassroots</a> organization, advocacy, and political activism ... [to promote] the principles of limited government, maximum freedom, personal responsibility, peace through strength, and defense of the dignity of every individual.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_the_Republic#cite_note-mission-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a>In the summer of 2013, CFTR announced that it was developing a new political rating system of lawmakers. Its website said scores would be based on loyalty to the principles of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Constitution of the United States</a> and the protection of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty" title="Liberty" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">liberty</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_the_Republic#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a>CFTR endorses political candidates. In 1978, in one of its more surprising actions, it supported <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Reese(Texas_politician)" title="Jim Reese (Texas politician)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Jim Reese</a>, former mayor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa,Texas" title="Odessa, Texas" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Odessa</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" title="Texas" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Texas</a> in his Republican challenge to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W.Bush" title="George W. Bush" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">George W. Bush</a> in the race for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%27_19th_congressional_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas' 19th congressional district" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Texas' 19th congressional district</a> seat. Bush defeated Reese and then lost to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Democrat</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Hance" title="Kent Hance" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Kent Hance</a>.In June 2013, CFTR announced support for the author and columnist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quin_Hillyer" title="Quin Hillyer" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Quin Hillyer</a>, a former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_secretary" title="Press secretary" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">press secretary</a> to former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Representative" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">U.S. Representative</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Livingston" title="Bob Livingston" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bob Livingston</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Louisiana</a>. Hillyer was a Republican candidate in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election,2013" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama's 1st congressional district special election, 2013" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Alabama's 1st congressional district special election, 2013</a> to succeed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Bonner" title="Jo Bonner" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Jo Bonner</a>, who resigned in August to take a position as vice chancellor with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alabama" title="University of Alabama" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">University of Alabama</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscaloosa,Alabama" title="Tuscaloosa, Alabama" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Tuscaloosa</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_the_Republic#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a> Hillyer was eliminated after finishing fourth in the Republican primary.CFTR directors include former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of the United States" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Attorney General of the United States</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Meese" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Meese" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ed Meese</a>, former Reagan policy advisor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_D.Hannaford" title="Peter D. Hannaford" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Peter D. Hannaford</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Maseng_Will" title="Mari Maseng Will" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Mari Maseng Will</a>, former Reagan White House Communications Director, speechwriter and political consultant and wife of columnist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Will" title="George Will" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">George Will</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_the_Republic#cite_note-whoweare-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a> The late former Reagan policy advisor Peter D. Hannaford also served as a director. The organization is based at 122 South Patrick Street in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria,Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Alexandria</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia(U.S.state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia (U.S. state)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Virginia</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_the_Republic#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3;">References[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Citizens_for_the_Republic&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h2><div class="reflist columns references-column-width" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.3em; column-width: 30em; list-style-type: decimal;"><ol class="references" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; counter-reset: mw-ref-extends-parent 0 list-item 0; list-style-type: inherit;"><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; counter-increment: mw-ref-extends-parent 1; counter-reset: mw-ref-extends-child 0; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_the_Republic#cite_ref-1" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">^{</a> }<cite class="citation web cs1" style="font-style: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054045/http://millercenter.org/president/reagan/oralhistory/peter-hannaford" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" w="w" skins="skins" vector="Vector" resources="resources" skins.vector.styles="skins.vector.styles" images="images" external-link-ltr-icon.svg="external-link-ltr-icon.svg" b4b84="b4b84" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" padding-right="padding-right" px="px">"Interview with Peter Hannaford"</a>. millercenter.org. 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</div><div style="">martha Boneta is the Executive Vice President of Citizens for the Republic (CFTR), founded by Ronald Reagan in 1977. CFTR was relaunched in 2017 by several veterans of the Reagan Administration.</div><div style="">
</div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">Boneta is a native Virginian and farmer on her family farm, Liberty Farm in Paris, Virginia. The Virginia General Assembly honored Boneta with a Joint Commendation from both the House and the Senate recognizing Martha for her significant contributions to the Commonwealth and nation in 2016.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">Martha was recognized as one of “America’s Most Amazing Women” by Country Woman Magazine and was inducted into the National Capital Friends of the National Rifle Association Hall of Fame in 2017.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">Martha has two bills named after her in the oldest legislative body in the nation—the “Boneta Bills” I & II that protect property rights and cut burdensome red tape and over-regulation.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">Boneta is also the subject of a documentary film, “Farming in Fear,” produced by the Charles Koch Institute, that received the People’s choice award at the Anthem Film Festival and is now screened in universities across the nation.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">Today, Martha speaks all over the country about politics, property rights, the environment, energy, and current affairs; and she co-hosts several radio talk shows.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">Boneta graduated from the Antonin Scalia School of Law at George Mason University, where she received her Juris Doctor. Boneta also attended the Strauss Institute at the Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, where she studied Alternative Dispute Resolution.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">Immediately following law school, Boneta worked in government relations and advocacy in Washington, D.C., which propelled her career as strategic account executive at Reed Elsevier for the Mid-Atlantic Region and Thomson Reuters in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">Boneta is the founder of the Piedmont Agriculture Academy (PAA) and Liberty Hall Livestock Rescue, and she has been on the Board of Directors for the Virginia Independent Consumer & Farmers Association (VICFA) and Small Family Farm Foundation (SFFF). She has represented the Farm to Consumer Legal Foundation (FTCLF), advocating legislation and various other organizations.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">Boneta and Liberty Farm are members of various Farm and Property Rights advocacy groups.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">Boneta’s story of fighting government overreach has made national and international news. She has appeared several times on TV on Fox & Friends, Neil Cavuto, Greta Van Susteren’s On The Record, The John Stossel Show, Virginia Farming, PBS, WUSA9, as well several other news and radio programs. Martha speaks all over the country on current affairs, politics, property rights, farming, environmental and energy issues.<div style="">==Martha Boneta’s Farming in Fear Documentary: http://www.coasttocoaststrategies.com/index.php/martha-boneta/...</div>