A Welcome Approach
The Median Society
Host Anthony Mitchell speaks with Co-Founder of The Welcome Party and Democratic Strategist Lauren Harper Pope about moderate and black voters.
Democrats should try harder to win tough races
Slow Boring
Candidates should have moderate vibes. But to get electoral outliers, you need more than vibes: you need to legislate differently.
Biden’s coalition is in trouble. This guy thinks he can help.
Boston Globe
Kerr believes that there’s a political sweet spot that can attract enough voters to beat Trump once again.
Democrats Should Be a "Pro-Normal" Party
The Liberal Patriot
If we actually want to address critical issues... we have to position the party and its brand as a champion for ordinary Americans.
The same forces that drove out Sinema and Manchin are shrinking the Democratic Party
CNN
Appeasing the angry, extremist left has been a major mistake for Democrats – both morally and electorally. Too many in the party simply accept it. But mainstream Democrats can fight back and win elections in the process.
Carlisle Republican announces primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Scott Perry
PennLive
[Perry's 2022 electoral outcomes] spurred the creation of Republicans Against Perry (RAP), a group formed by WelcomePAC. Newman said RAP gave him some 'early advice' when he started considering a bid last fall.
Black Democrats are moderate
Slow Boring
[Media coverage of Black voters] needs to more accurately represent the sentiment of the entire demographic and not merely its progressive segment.
Dems Think They Can Send the Freedom Caucus Chair Packing
The Daily Beast
We think [Perry] deserves to be replaced, and we think he can be replaced.
U.S. Rep. Scott Perry draws new opposition — from a group of moderate Republicans
York Dispatch
[WelcomePAC is] going to offer a set of critiques [in our ad campaign] that we think people should consider about Perry's performance, both as a national legislator but also as a local representative.
The Motivating Issues for Voters in 2024
MSNBC
A situation that needs to be addressed is, as per findings from a recent Blueprint Polling poll, 43% of voters think that Biden is more to their left and 41% think that Trump is to their right.
Republicans Against Perry launch ad campaign targeting ‘persuadable’ voters in his district
PennLive
Craig Snyder, director of Republicans Against Perry, said the effort will include messaging that highlights Perry’s “extremism” and similarities with far-right GOP state Sen. Doug Mastriano, who lost the 10th District 55% to 43% to Gov. Josh Shapiro in 2022.
Why former Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis’ ‘crocodile tears’ may soon land her back in a Philly court room
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Welcome PAC, a Democratic centrist organization, has launched the Republicans Against Perry project. That group, also using Public Policy Polling, shared with Clout this week a survey showing Perry upside down in his district, with 49% disapproving of his job performance, 34% approving and 17% unsure
Anti-Scott Perry group says its new poll shows the Republican is ‘vulnerable’ to a Democratic challenger
PennLive
We scoured the country for the most vulnerable extremist and the unlucky winner is Scott Perry,” said WelcomePAC co-founder Liam Kerr in a statement in which he added that voters are “lukewarm on Perry and will swing hard against him once fully informed of the damage he causes.
The Welcome Wagon: Searching for the Political Missing Middle
Colorado Times Recorder
We want to welcome in moderate Republicans and independent voters who are maybe conservative-leaning, particularly, and they need to find a new home as MAGA-ism takes over the Republican Party,” explains Lauren Harper, co-founder of the Welcome Party. “We are welcoming in Republicans and independents who want to vote for Democrats.
The unexpected opportunity in the House’s nasty speaker’s fight
Boston Globe
A group of moderates and institutionalists — factions known for buckling to the party’s Trumpian right — pushed back, refusing to back ultraconservative Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio for speaker, even in the face of an intense right-wing pressure campaign.
Chaos is a Ladder for the GOP with Liam Kerr
The Lincoln Project
Host Reed Galen is joined by Liam Kerr, the Co-Founder of Welcome PAC, a Democratic-aligned PAC that applies insurgent tactics to support pro-democracy/center-left candidates in swing districts and also build a “big tent” Democratic party.
Republicans Fear Speaker Fight Could Cost Them House Majority
The New York Times
The chaos and infighting inside the G.O.P. has damaged the party brand, and many worry the candidacy of the hard-line Representative Jim Jordan has sealed the fate of some Republicans who backed him.
Republicans Against Perry aiming to oust GOP congressman in 2024 through voter outreach
PennLive
He is a square peg that doesn’t fit in the round hole of that district, and I think this is the year coming up when that gets proven,” said Craig Snyder, a longtime Republican operative from Pennsylvania who will lead the anti-Perry group after successfully guiding Republicans For Shapiro last year.