 So I don't want to be too arrogant. I don't want folks to become complacent, but I will say this I think that as it stands right now Senator Nina Turner is in a very good position to win the race that she's running in Ohio's 11th congressional district and you can really gauge how well she's doing based on the level level of desperation that we're seeing from her opponents and it's it's almost Embarrassing like you feel sad for her opponents one in particular who's practically Begging and pleading with super PACs to help fund her campaign Against Nina Turner and the types of super PACs that she's really targeting here and asking for the support of They come from the Israel lobby and it's really just this is this is craven honestly So for more on this we got a Ryan Grim of the intercept who explains Chantel Brown's campaign for Congress is blurring one of the least subtle messages sent to a super PAC Since the outside money groups were legalized by the Supreme Court in its citizens United the FEC decision Brown's campaign has listed on its website a set of negative talking points about her opponent Nina Turner All enclosed in a bright red box directly under the red box is a quote from Democratic Consultant Mark Melman the leader of a major pro-Israel super PAC that has consistently spent large sums of money Against senators Bernie Sanders and his congressional allies red box is a campaign industry term Referring to the spot on the website that candidates used to communicate with outside groups like super PACs The communication on Brown's website is a textbook case of red box signaling used to communicate with outside groups Within the letter of the law to understand how the signaling works It's useful to review the conventions of post-citizens United campaign practices per the citizens ruling Campaigns cannot coordinate with outside groups and doing so is a clear violation of one of the few bright line rules in campaign finance The challenge then for a campaign is figuring out how to guide a super PAC or outside supporters messaging Without running a fowl of the laws around coordination for that campaigns have developed what is called the red box The candidate posts opposition research or videos on their website about their opponent Which anyone in the public is then free to use for any purpose the oppo also generally includes messages about both candidates That have tested well in polls allowing the super PAC to align its communications with the campaigns What makes Brown's approach unique is both how blatant it is and how beseechingly it directs itself to a particular head of a Particular super PAC first the oppo research Brown's campaign posted is literally inside an actual red box Removing any confusion as to the purpose of the exercise if any confusion still existed the link PDF is called SB4C red box now to actually see what Ryan Grimm is talking about here in this article Let's go to shantel Brown's website now as you can see there is this giant red box and Within said red box are all of the talking points that she is giving to super PACs They're negative talking points Against Nina Turner and talking points for herself Ideally, I think she wants these talking points to be included in an ad that the super PAC runs on her behalf Now additionally if you scroll up, there's some quotes here that really stand out because these are the only quotes here Quote there's no question that Brown is going to be a strong advocate for the US-Israel relationship This is by DMFI PAC president Mark Melvin She wants to learn she is inquisitive and she has a track record of being collaborative Mike Siegel of the Jewish agency We need leaders in Congress who value the US-Israel relationship and will work to strengthen security economic scientific and cultural Relationships between our two nations and that candidate in the 11th district race is shantel Brown by Jeff Mendelsohn of pro-Israel America in other words Please please please please please please Israel lobby fund my campaign more. I really need your help. I have your back Please have mine. This is what all of the leaders in the Israeli lobbying Industry are saying about me. So please come to my rescue now if you're wondering why would a candidate in The 11th congressional district of Ohio Care so much about this one issue in particular care so much about Israel I mean, there's a bunch of industries that could Theoretically bankroll her campaign. I mean the health care industry the pharmaceutical industry But why in particular is she focusing on the Israel lobby? Well, there's a very specific reason for that Ryan Grimm continues the hybrid super PAC run by Melvin Democratic majority for Israel spent heavily against Sanders during the presidential primary dropping 1.4 million in its effort to slow him in Iowa and beyond the super PAC also spent more than 1.5 million attacking Jamal Bowman and Supporting then incumbent New York representative Elliot Engel despite their efforts Bowman won it also threw in $179,000 against Alex Morris who challenged house ways and means chair which you kneel in a Western Massachusetts primary DMFI was also bankrolled in 2020 by a super PAC that tried to unseat Representative Ilhan Omar in her Minnesota Democratic primary Americans for tomorrow's future which spent more than three million taking on Omar and also worked against Bowman sent $500,000 to DMFI there is overlap among donors as well a top donor to AFTF who contributed 300,000 in 2020 also gave 1.245 million to DMFI so in other words, she knows that these groups usually fun candidates who are running against progressives and so she's hoping that they will listen to her and Realize the situation in that Nina Turner is doing really well and help give her a little bit of a bump It's honestly embarrassing. It's it's pathetic Imagine having so little grassroots support that you practically have to beg super PACs To run smear campaigns against your opponent. It's just it's it's disgusting. It's grotesque and you know, I wonder if She is going to get any questions within her district About her begging for support from the Israel lobby as Israel is trying to expel Palestinians out of their homes in the East Jerusalem City of Sheik Jarrah, I wonder if there's gonna be any questions for her It seems like she's more concerned about what's happening in Israel than what's happening in her district and I mean look This is what desperation looks like and I think that we all know what we have to do now Since she is putting out the signal to super PACs to help bankroll her campaign and smear Nina Turner We have to help Nina Turner. So go to Nina Turner calm and donate to Nina Turner. You can also buy merch I purchased the sweater. It's great all of the donations that we're giving to Nina Turner right now I consider it a sort of investment because Nina Turner She's not going to fight for any lobby. She's going to actually represent the people not just in her district but in America broadly speaking and Chantel Brown she's trying to find reasons To attack Nina Turner, but Nina Turner is running a very substantive campaign So the best you can come up with is that Nina Turner isn't adequately loyal to the Democratic Party Okay, so are we running on loyalty or are we running on actual policies? I think it's clear we're Nina Turner stand She supports policies that the people in the 11th Congressional District of Ohio need and want So we have to have Nina Turner's back because I guarantee that the super PACs Are going to see the bat signal that Chantel Brown is putting out and they're gonna listen They're going to support her as they did support other corporate Democrats against progressives So we have to make sure that whenever we see this happen We ramp up the effort not just when it comes to donations But if you can get on the ground and do some grassroots campaigning activism phone banking door Door knocking if you can for Nina Turner because that is what is needed currently To make sure that Nina Turner is electorally successful It's not a foregone conclusion that she's going to win She's doing very well But as she does better as her polling numbers increase as she gains more support That's when it's going to get more difficult for us And when we really have to show our support for Nina Turner Because that's when the attacks and the money is going to roll in to try to stop her momentum So we'll try to stop that as much as we can and support Nina Turner