Elizabeth's Warren campaign, which has sworn off private fundraisers, said it did not know about the ad and asked for the people behind it to stop
A dark money group purchased an ad promoting Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign that ran in Iowa’s biggest paper this week — despite the candidate's opposition to outside big money groups.
The Des Moines Register ad on Wednesday was paid for by “Women.Vote,” a social welfare organization that does not have to reveal its donors. It boasted that “unlike most other candidates, Warren doesn’t take corporate or Super PAC money” and that “Warren will fight for everyday Iowans.” The Register did not immediately respond to a question whether the group had placed other ads previously.While Women.
The Warren campaign said it did not know about the ad and asked for the people behind it to stop. Spokesperson Chris Hayden said that the “campaign was not aware of this and asks that those involved immediately stop purchasing advertisements of any kind. Elizabeth Warren believes democracy is undermined by anonymous, dark-money attempts to influence voters — whether that influence is meant to help or hurt her candidacy.
Warren has sworn off private fundraisers during her presidential campaign and has used that pledge to try to reinforce her central campaign theme of fighting Washington corruption and the influence of money. Faced with financial challenges, other candidates including former Vice President Joe Biden and former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick have signaled they would not oppose an outside Super PAC group helping their candidacies.
“501c4s like Women.Vote are often referred to as dark money groups because they are used to influence elections while keeping wealthy donors hidden from the public,” said Brendan Fischer, the director of federal reform at the Campaign Legal Center. “The ad touts Warren’s stated opposition to super PACs, but super PACs at least disclose their donors — dark money 501c4s don’t, so they pose more significant problems.
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