CMD NEWS ABOUT ALEC

• ALEC Honoree Backed Effort to Overturn Presidential Election, Compared Penn. Gov. to Nazis

  By Don Wiener and Arn Pearson | January 19th, 2021 at 7:29 AM (CST)

  ALEC’s 2020 Legislator of the Year, Pennsylvania Sen. Chris Dush, signed a Jan. 5 letter asking Vice President Pence to stop certification of the presidential election results, just one day before the violent Capitol insurrection, and compared Gov. Wolf’s administration to the Nazi Party.

• ALEC Lawmakers Traveled to D.C. For Rally and March That Led to Fatal Insurrection

  By Alex Kotch | January 14th, 2021 at 8:13 AM (CST)

  Two current and two recent members of the American Legislative Exchange Council, including one state chair, spent weeks lying about voter fraud and then participated in the events directly preceding the bloody coup attempt.

• ALEC Working in Partnership with Turning Point USA, Major Player in Capitol Insurrection

  By David Armiak | January 13th, 2021 at 12:10 PM (CST)

  Documents obtained by CMD show that ALEC forged a new partnership in December with radical pro-Trump group Talking Points USA, a coalition partner in the #StoptheSteal rally that led to the violent invasion at the U.S. Capitol.

• ALEC’s Pennsylvania Leaders Lobby to Overturn 2020 Election Results in Last-Minute Effort

  By David Armiak and Arn Pearson | December 8th, 2020 at 8:18 AM (CST)

  The Pennsylvania state chairs of the American Legislative Exchange Council are leading a GOP effort to overturn the state’s presidential election results when Congress convenes in January to certify the Electoral College’s election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.