PBS News Hour

“Republicans against Perry is hoping to encourage moderate republicans to to back the democratic contender… [Janelle Stelson] is not some member of the AOC squad coming in to impose progressivism on centra PA. This is a moderate who easily could have, in an earlier time, run as a republican. We know there are enough republicans in this district to split their tickets.”

Wall Street Journal

“The voters that elected Biden in the first place are the center-left voters that liked his centrist policies, not the Bernie Sanders-Elizabeth Warren slice of the electorate,” said Lauren Harper Pope, who co-founded a group called WelcomePAC that urges Democrats to make pragmatic, big-tent appeals.

York Dispatch

"We know that there are a significant number of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents in the district who don’t want an extremist version of the GOP, even preferring to vote for a relatively moderate Democrat," Snyder told The York Dispatch.

PennLive

The Republicans Against Perry group plans on having a busy April as it ramps up efforts to oust GOP Rep. Scott Perry from his 10th Congressional District seat.

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.

Slow Boring

Candidates should have moderate vibes. But to get electoral outliers, you need more than vibes: you need to legislate differently.

Boston Globe

Kerr believes that there’s a political sweet spot that can attract enough voters to beat Trump once again.

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.

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.

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.

Slow Boring

[Media coverage of Black voters] needs to more accurately represent the sentiment of the entire demographic and not merely its progressive segment.

The Daily Beast

We think [Perry] deserves to be replaced, and we think he can be replaced.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.