# Right Side PAC

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{{short description|American political action committee}}
{{Use MDY dates|date=September 2020}}
'''Right Side PAC''' was a [super PAC](/source/super_PAC) created by a group of Republicans with a mission of convincing anti-[Donald Trump](/source/Donald_Trump) Republican voters to vote for [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) presidential nominee [Joe Biden](/source/Joe_Biden) in the [2020 United States presidential election](/source/2020_United_States_presidential_election).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-17/republicans-form-group-to-turn-out-gop-voters-for-joe-biden|title=Republicans Form Group to Turn Out GOP Voters – for Biden|last1=Allison|first1=Bill|website=[Bloomberg News](/source/Bloomberg_News) |date=June 17, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref> It was a single-candidate PAC, with Biden being the only supported candidate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00748160&cycle=2020|title=Right Side PAC|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref>

The group targeted voters in [swing state](/source/swing_state)s such as [Arizona](/source/Arizona), [Florida](/source/Florida), [Michigan](/source/Michigan), [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), and [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/politics/republican-super-pac-biden/index.html|title=Republican operatives launch new group supporting Biden|last1=Saenz|first1=Arlette|website=[CNN](/source/CNN) |date=June 18, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref>

The group was led by [Matt Borges](/source/Matt_Borges), a former chairman of the [Ohio Republican Party](/source/Ohio_Republican_Party). Former [White House Communications Director](/source/White_House_Communications_Director) [Anthony Scaramucci](/source/Anthony_Scaramucci) who served under Trump, is also a member of the PAC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gop-operatives-launch-super-pac-target-anti-trump/story?id=71300904|title=Group of GOP operatives launch super PAC to target anti-Trump Republicans|last1=Verhovek|first1=John|website=[ABC News](/source/ABC_News_(United_States)) |date=June 17, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref> The super PAC shut down in July 2020 – a month after being formed – after Borges was arrested on federal corruption charges.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/us/politics/never-trump-republicans.html|title=The Crowded, Competitive World of Anti-Trump G.O.P. Groups|last1=Karnie|first1=Annie|website=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=October 12, 2020|accessdate=November 15, 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
* [43 Alumni for Biden](/source/43_Alumni_for_Biden)
* [Never Trump movement](/source/Never_Trump_movement)
* [The Lincoln Project](/source/The_Lincoln_Project)
* [List of former Trump administration officials who endorsed Joe Biden](/source/List_of_former_Trump_administration_officials_who_endorsed_Joe_Biden)
* [List of Republicans who opposed the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign](/source/List_of_Republicans_who_opposed_the_Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign)
* [List of Republicans who opposed the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign](/source/List_of_Republicans_who_opposed_the_Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign)
* [List of Trump administration appointees who endorsed Joe Biden](/source/List_of_Trump_administration_appointees_who_endorsed_Joe_Biden)
* [REPAIR](/source/REPAIR)
* [Republican Voters Against Trump](/source/Republican_Voters_Against_Trump)

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711014825/https://rightsidepac.com/ |title=Official website |date= July 11, 2020}}
* {{Ballotpedia|Right_Side_PAC}}

{{Never Trump movement}}

Category:United States political action committees
Category:2020 establishments in the United States
Category:2020 disestablishments in the United States
Category:Crossover voting

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