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</div><div>a  <a href="https://www.salon.com/topic/super_pacs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Super PAC</a> founded by Trump-supporting Republicans who tried to make inroads with Amish <a href="https://www.salon.com/2020/11/12/trumps-false-voter-fraud-claims-could-blow-gops-chances-of-holding-senate/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">voters in Pennsylvania</a> has ended the 2020 cycle in the black. <a href="https://www.salon.com/2020/11/06/joe-bidens-victory-is-imminent-after-he-pulls-ahead-in-pennsylvania-georgia/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">President Donald Trump, meanwhile, has finished down</a> more than 65,000 votes in the state so far.</div>Amish PAC, funded in large part by a secretive Colorado billionaire and a Louisiana-based oil executive, was created during the 2016 Republican primary by a pair of <a href="https://www.salon.com/2020/07/21/republicans-rush-to-redirect-money-from-trumps-campaign-to-vulnerable-senate-republicans-report_partner/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">GOP strategists</a>. One of them was a former member of the socially conservative community, who saw an opportunity for voter outreach."The PAC's founders saw that the GOP was doing nothing to reach out to a large and growing potential voting bloc that shared its values of limited government, focus on rural issues and small business empowerment, and saw a need to engage them," a PAC spokesperson told Salon in an email.The spokesperson said "the team has since changed a bit" since then. Both co-founders — Ben Walters and Ben King — are no longer active members of the PAC.The PAC's website <a href="https://www.amishpac.com/about-us.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">does not disclose</a> the group's current members. The only publicly available information can be found in the group's <a href="https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/326/201903270300270326/201903270300270326.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">filings</a> with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), which list Taylor Swindle as its treasurer. Swindle is also treasurer of <a href="https://www.troopsabroadpac.com/donate.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Troops Abroad PAC</a>, which shares an Arlington, Va., address with Amish PAC, according to the groups' websites.Amish PAC raised $57,803 in the 2018 cycle and $181,762 in the 2020 election cycle. Of the funds raised for 2020, most came in small sums, but three donors accounted for about one-third of the total.Frank "Scotty" Moran, who runs <a href="http://www.bossierparishla.gov/Libraries/2019%20Proceedings/03-20-2019.sflb?download=true" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Moran Oil</a>, gave more than $46,000 to the 2020 cycle. <a href="https://www.aspentimes.com/news/colorados-top-political-contributors/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Reclusive Aspen billionaire</a> Tatnall Hillman has <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?data_type=processed&committee_id=C00615344&contributor_name=tatnall&two_year_transaction_period=2020&two_year_transaction_period=2018" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">contributed</a> a total of $15,000. Christopher Carlino, who identifies himself in his filing as an "investor" and appears to be <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-carlino-86b64325" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">a partner</a> in a Philadelphia construction firm, gave the group $10,000 on Sept. 11, 2020. Carlino does not appear to have made any political donations prior to June 2020, when he began giving to Trump, according to federal <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?data_type=processed&contributor_name=christopher+carlino&two_year_transaction_period=2020&two_year_transaction_period=2018" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">filings</a>.Though they are all Republican donors, internet searches conducted by Salon did not turn up connections between the three men and the Amish community.(Weight loss industry mogul Jenny Craig also contributed $3,000, filings show.)The PAC said it put that money towards billboards and ads in Amish newspapers, encouraging members of the community to register to vote."At a time when there's been billions of dollars flooding into TV and Facebook ads, it's been refreshing to focus on old-fashioned Amish friendly mediums," a group spokesperson told Salon.This cycle, however, the group chose not to promote a specific candidate."We didn't want to be perceived as telling Amish who they should vote for," the spokesperson said. "The goal was simply to answer their questions about getting registered to vote and let them make up their mind from there."The PAC said it focused its ads issues of concern to the Amish community."This year, the Lancaster Amish were impacted by a high-profile <a href="https://www.fox43.com/article/news/crime/four-months-later-the-search-for-linda-stoltzfoos-continues/521-9e52ce97-0175-40d0-be25-e349ea96791d" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">kidnapping</a> and likely murder that shook their community," a spokesperson said, pointing also to "racial protests in Lancaster;" trade fluctuations, which affected farming; and coronavirus shutdowns, which impacted the tourism industry."So we've found that while voting has still not been widely embraced by the Amish, they have plenty of reasons to become more engaged in choosing their representatives," the spokesperson said.As for its successes, the group said its hotline received "hundreds of calls" from Amish curious about registration."The calls far outnumbered what the PAC received in 2016," the spokesperson said, adding that while community interest appears to be growing, participation would likely not increase dramatically without the endorsement of church leaders.Going into 2020, Dr. Kyle Kopko of Elizabethtown College, an expert on the Amish, calculated that of the 15,055 Amish eligible to vote in Pennsylvania, only 2,052 were registered. Of those registered voters, only 1,016 cast a ballot in 2016.The turnout record among the Amish was set in 2004, when former president George W. Bush visited the community during his re-election campaign and openly courted its vote. A total of 1,300 voted that year, the spokesperson said.As for whether they beat that number, the spokesperson said, "We'll evaluate whether we did once the dust settles.""In 2016, we almost never heard from Amish women," the spokesperson added. "This year, we heard from countless Amish women. They've traditionally been much, much less likely to vote than men, but that's changing! We're very excited to see women becoming so much more engaged and making their voices heard."As for its spending, Open Secrets <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/amish-pac/C00615344/expenditures/2020" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">data</a> shows the group's biggest vendor is a company called District List Company LLC, which is registered in Delaware and otherwise <a href="https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/6289279" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">untraceable</a>. The only other group to use District List as a donor? Swindle's <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?cycle=2020&vendor=District+List+Co" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Troops Abroad PAC</a>. Amish PAC said District List handled all of its media buys."Keep in mind that this breakdown doesn't include any of our October spending on media," the PAC spokesperson said, adding that the group had spent "a ton" ahead of voter registration deadlines that month.The PAC placed billboards, mainly in rural Lancaster, as well as Holmes County, Ohio. Newspaper ads targeted Lancaster."Basically, if calls kept coming, and the Amish showed interest, we kept the ads going," the spokesperson said.As for its accomplishments, the spokesperson was vague."We know for sure we registered new voters this year," the spokesperson said.The spokesperson would not disclose to Salon who ran District List Company LLC.<div class="around-the-web" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="from-your-siteheadline" style="text-transform: uppercase;">FROM YOUR SITE ARTICLES</div><ul class="around-the-weblist" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; width: 589.446px; list-style: none;"><li class="from-your-siteitem"><a href="https://www.alternet.org/2020/03/heres-how-trumps-reelection-campaign-took-over-the-gop-while-funneling-money-to-the-presidents-family-business/" class="from-your-sitelink" target="blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s; 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Hillman is the son of John Hartwell Hillman Jr., who made his billions from coal, steel and gas.Residence: Aspen.2014 contributions: Hillman is a conservative donor. This year, his largest donation of $40,000 went to the Club for Growth Action committee, a national organization that benefits Republicans. The majority of Hillman's contributions in 2014 went to candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives in other states. He donated $2,600, the maximum contribution an individual may give to a candidate, to 20 candidates nationwide. He contributed $2,600 each to U.S. Reps. Cory Gardner's U.S. Senate candidacy and Scott Tipton's reelection bid to the U.S. House.Overall contributions: Hillman has consistently contributed to conservative candidates and political action committees nationally.Did you know: Tatnall Hillman has kept his life private over the years, despite his many campaign contributions. When I-News requested a comment for this story, Hillman replied, "My best comment is no comment."Number 4: Joe Ricketts, $618,500</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">=</div>=factcheck.org<div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: Merriweather, serif;">Committee to Defend the President was <a href="http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/917/13031070917/13031070917.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(10, 90, 142); text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent; touch-action: manipulation;">founded as the Stop Hillary PAC</a> in May 2013. The group’s mission changed after the 2016 election, and then it <a href="http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/619/201701289041532619/201701289041532619.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(10, 90, 142); text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent; touch-action: manipulation;">officially changed its name</a> in late January 2017, after Donald Trump took office as president.The pro-Trump group is what’s known as a <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00544767" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(10, 90, 142); text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;">hybrid PAC or “Carey committee</a>.” That means it “has the ability to operate both as a traditional PAC, contributing funds to a candidate’s committee, and as a super PAC, which makes independent expenditures,” <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/resources/learn/glossary.php#Carey+Committee" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(10, 90, 142); text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;">according to</a> the Center for Responsive Politics. Carey committees must have separate bank accounts for those purposes.The committee can collect unlimited contributions from individuals, corporations, and labor unions for its independent expenditures, but those funds may not be used for contributions made by its traditional PAC. All receipts and disbursements for both accounts must be reported to the Federal Election Commission.<a href="https://www.campaignsolutions.com/team/short/" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(10, 90, 142); text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent; touch-action: manipulation;">Guy Short</a>, a political consultant, is the hybrid PAC’s founder, and <a href="https://www.political.law/dan" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(10, 90, 142); text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent; touch-action: manipulation;">Dan Backer</a>, a campaign finance lawyer, is its treasurer, <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3438270-Stop-Hillary-PAC-FCC.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(10, 90, 142); text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent; touch-action: manipulation;">according to paperwork</a> filed with the FEC last year. The group’s chairman is <a href="https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-05-05/pro-trump-super-pacs-have-already-spent-1-million-election-2020" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(10, 90, 142); text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent; touch-action: manipulation;">Ted Harvey</a>, a former Republican state senator from Colorado.Short actually campaigned for Sen. Ted Cruz to be the GOP presidential nominee. He told <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/trump-blasts-rigged-rules-on-picking-republican-delegates-idUSKCN0X81HE" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(10, 90, 142); text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent; touch-action: manipulation;">Reuters in April 2016</a> that he “spent thousands of dollars of my own money campaigning to become a delegate because it’s that important to make sure Donald Trump is NOT our nominee.”The Stop Hillary PAC <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?cycle=2016&strID=C00544767" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(10, 90, 142); text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;">spent almost $6.1 million of the $6.9 million it raised</a> during the 2016 cycle. The majority of its spending, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/indexpend.php?cycle=2016&cmte=C00544767" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(10, 90, 142); text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;">about $3.4 million</a>, was devoted to independent expenditures targeting Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee.The PAC’s <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/contrib.php?cycle=2016&cmte=C00544767" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(10, 90, 142); text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;">top donors in 2016</a> were Tatnall Hillman, who gave multiple donations totaling over $60,000; George Etheridge, who gave $25,000; and Robert Allison, who contributed $20,000. <a href="http://www.aspentimes.com/news/colorados-top-political-contributors/" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(10, 90, 142); text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;">Hillman</a> is the son of the late John Hartwell Hillman Jr., who made billions in the steel and energy industry. <a href="http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/06/Northpinellas/For_their_alma_mater.shtml" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(10, 90, 142); text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;">Etheridge and his wife</a> own orthopedic supplies company Precision Orthopedics, and <a href="http://investors.anadarko.com/2005-11-17-Anadarko-President-CEO-James-T-Hackett-Named-Chairman-of-the-Board-Robert-J-Allison-Jr-Named-Chairman-Emeritus" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(10, 90, 142); text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;">Allison</a> is the former president and CEO of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.As of April 19, the Committee to Defend the President has spent more than $3.5 million on independent expenditures in the 2018 campaign cycle, mostly in support of Trump’s agenda, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/indexpend.php?cycle=2018&cmte=C00544767" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(10, 90, 142); text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;">according to the Center for Responsive Politics </a>and based on the group’s <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00544767/" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(10, 90, 142); text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;">FEC reports</a>. One of <a href="http://time.com/4654698/donald-trump-defend-ad/" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(10, 90, 142); text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;">its earliest TV ads</a> went viral. 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