The Median Society

Host Anthony Mitchell speaks with Co-Founder of The Welcome Party and Democratic Strategist Lauren Harper Pope about moderate and black voters.

Slow Boring

Candidates should have moderate vibes. But to get electoral outliers, you need more than vibes: you need to legislate differently.

Boston Globe

Kerr believes that there’s a political sweet spot that can attract enough voters to beat Trump once again.

The Liberal Patriot

If we actually want to address critical issues... we have to position the party and its brand as a champion for ordinary Americans.

CNN

Appeasing the angry, extremist left has been a major mistake for Democrats – both morally and electorally. Too many in the party simply accept it. But mainstream Democrats can fight back and win elections in the process.

PennLive

[Perry's 2022 electoral outcomes] spurred the creation of Republicans Against Perry (RAP), a group formed by WelcomePAC. Newman said RAP gave him some 'early advice' when he started considering a bid last fall.

Slow Boring

[Media coverage of Black voters] needs to more accurately represent the sentiment of the entire demographic and not merely its progressive segment.

The Daily Beast

We think [Perry] deserves to be replaced, and we think he can be replaced.

York Dispatch

[WelcomePAC is] going to offer a set of critiques [in our ad campaign] that we think people should consider about Perry's performance, both as a national legislator but also as a local representative.

MSNBC

A situation that needs to be addressed is, as per findings from a recent Blueprint Polling poll, 43% of voters think that Biden is more to their left and 41% think that Trump is to their right.

PennLive

Craig Snyder, director of Republicans Against Perry, said the effort will include messaging that highlights Perry’s “extremism” and similarities with far-right GOP state Sen. Doug Mastriano, who lost the 10th District 55% to 43% to Gov. Josh Shapiro in 2022.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Welcome PAC, a Democratic centrist organization, has launched the Republicans Against Perry project. That group, also using Public Policy Polling, shared with Clout this week a survey showing Perry upside down in his district, with 49% disapproving of his job performance, 34% approving and 17% unsure

PennLive

We scoured the country for the most vulnerable extremist and the unlucky winner is Scott Perry,” said WelcomePAC co-founder Liam Kerr in a statement in which he added that voters are “lukewarm on Perry and will swing hard against him once fully informed of the damage he causes.

Colorado Times Recorder

We want to welcome in moderate Republicans and independent voters who are maybe conservative-leaning, particularly, and they need to find a new home as MAGA-ism takes over the Republican Party,” explains Lauren Harper, co-founder of the Welcome Party. “We are welcoming in Republicans and independents who want to vote for Democrats.

Boston Globe

A group of moderates and institutionalists — factions known for buckling to the party’s Trumpian right — pushed back, refusing to back ultraconservative Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio for speaker, even in the face of an intense right-wing pressure campaign.

The Lincoln Project

Host Reed Galen is joined by Liam Kerr, the Co-Founder of Welcome PAC, a Democratic-aligned PAC that applies insurgent tactics to support pro-democracy/center-left candidates in swing districts and also build a “big tent” Democratic party.

The New York Times

The chaos and infighting inside the G.O.P. has damaged the party brand, and many worry the candidacy of the hard-line Representative Jim Jordan has sealed the fate of some Republicans who backed him.

PennLive

He is a square peg that doesn’t fit in the round hole of that district, and I think this is the year coming up when that gets proven,” said Craig Snyder, a longtime Republican operative from Pennsylvania who will lead the anti-Perry group after successfully guiding Republicans For Shapiro last year.