‘Republicans Against Perry’ Are Not Republicans

Well of course.

Here in the heart of Pennsylvania’s 10th congressional district, we are lucky enough to be decidedly well represented by Republican Rep. Scott Perry.

The congressman is a decided conservative, willing and able to take on the Washington Swamp and its various swamp dwellers in their various incarnations. The congressman never hesitates to speak out — which is exactly why Democrats have targeted him for defeat. 

This time around, Democrats have been joined by a group calling themselves “Republicans Against Perry,” with the group sprinkling their signs around the district.

But, pray tell, who exactly are the self-labeled “Republicans”?  Take a close look at the group and one finds — not shockingly — that they are decidedly not Republicans.

Oh sure. Some of them may be officially registered as Republicans. But as any politically aware soul has learned long ago, there are, alas, political types out there who claim to be registered in this or that party but who are not in the least hesitant to oppose that party’s decidedly well-known principles.

So let’s take a look at “Republicans Against Perry.”

To start, the group is laughably lacking a sense of self-awareness. A trip to their website and right there, front center, is Rep. Perry pictured giving a presser behind the podium bearing the sign: “House Freedom Caucus.”

The House Freedom Caucus, which at one point was chaired by Perry, is a group of seriously principled conservatives in the House who are unafraid to stand up for conservative principles. 

Among other things, Perry and the Freedom Caucus have opposed the Biden administration’s reckless spending that has launched serious inflation. Its members have worked to secure our southern border and, no small thing, defended our constitutional freedoms in the House of Representatives.

For doing that, Republicans Against Perry have opposed Perry.

The congressman is utterly unafraid to stand up for conservative principle, saying in an ad:  

After I voted against every Democrat tax increase, they despise me. And after I opposed my own party’s reckless spending of your money, I lost friends. But here’s the thing, you didn’t send me to Congress to make friends.

Tellingly, in the world of Republican politics, there is a member of the group boasting of his support for “H.W.Bush.” Nary a mention of Ronald Reagan, mind you. No, it’s the establishment GOP where these folks hang their hats, not the Reagan conservative folks. Which speaks volumes as to why they can’t abide a Reagan conservative like Scott Perry.

One section of the website makes it crystal clear they oppose honest, free, and fair elections, weaponizing the government to shut down opposition to the Washington and political/legal establishment. Which is to say, if they can target Scott Perry — they can target you.

But tellingly? Very, very tellingly? Scroll to the bottom of their website, and it says that the “Republicans Against Perry” site is:

“Paid for by WelcomePAC” 

And a trip here to Welcome PAC reveals that, yes indeed, “Republicans Against Perry” is financed by … Democrats. The Welcome PAC site reads:  

We need a Democratic Party that reaches out to mainstream Americans — not just those who pass all the progressive purity tests. 

In the 2020 primaries, we welcomed the independent voters who stayed with us to beat Trump. In 2022, we supported leaders who reached out to independents and “future former Republicans” to put flippable red districts into play from Ohio to California.  

In 2024, we’re taking the fight for our democracy to more battlegrounds nationwide.

Which is to say, “Republicans Against Perry” is financed by … Trump-hating Democrats or those supporting Trump-hating Democrats. And their support for Perry’s Democrat opponent Janelle Stelson is nothing more than Republicans In Name Only (RINOs) supporting a Democrat.

And speaking of which? Since this business is entirely dishonest, has it been denounced by Stelson? Answer: Absolutely not. Which itself speaks volumes about Stelson and her unwillingness to be honest with her potential constituents about the real nature of this group supporting her and who is financing them.

In short? “Republicans Against Perry” is nothing more than a con job designed to give the impression that Rep. Perry is some sort of extremist, not what he, in fact, actually is: a mainstream Reagan conservative. 

Not only are “Republicans Against Perry” decidedly not telling the truth about their group, what they are really about is a clear attempt to mislead voters about Scott Perry in particular — and conservatives in general — in search of their goal to create “flippable red districts” and make them Democrat blue.

It not only won’t work — it shouldn’t.

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