Here’s Who’s Funding the PAC Attacking Nina Turner

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href="/tag/dmfi/">DMFI</a><a href="/tag/elections/">Elections</a><a href="/tag/nina-turner/">Nina Turner</a><a href="/tag/shontel-brown/">Shontel Brown</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="bo-post-header__media"> <figure class="bo-post-header__figure"> <img data-src="/content/images/size/w720/2021/07/GettyImages-1203474013.jpg" data-srcset=" /content/images/size/w720/2021/07/GettyImages-1203474013.jpg 720w, /content/images/size/w1200/2021/07/GettyImages-1203474013.jpg 1200w, /content/images/size/w2000/2021/07/GettyImages-1203474013.jpg 2000w " sizes="(max-width: 48rem) 45rem, (max-width: 64rem) 75rem, 125rem" alt="" class="bo-post-header__image lazy" width="854" height="646" > <figcaption class="bo-post-header__caption"> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">OH-11 special election Democratic primary candidate Nina Turner</span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </div> </header> <section class=" bo-summary split-half " > <div class="bo-generic-wrapper"> <div class="bo-wrapper"> <div class="bo-summary__wrapper"> <h2 class="bo-section-title"> Summary </h2> <p class="bo-summary__text"> Democratic Majority for Israel has spent hundreds of thousands on anti-Turner attack ads and misleading mailers to influence the Ohio special election primary. </p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div x-data="toc()" class="bo-toc " :class="{'open': isTocOpen()}" > <div class="bo-toc__toggle"> <div class="bo-generic-wrapper"> <button class="bo-toc__button no-appearance" @click="toggleToc"> <span class="bo-toc__icon"> <svg width="20" height="20" class="bo-icon" > <use href="https://readsludge.com/assets/images/icons.svg?v=90c1351205#caret-down" /> </svg> </span> On this page </button> </div> </div> <div class="bo-toc__content"> <div class="bo-generic-wrapper"> <div class="bo-toc__list js-toc"></div> </div> </div> </div> <script> function toc() { return { openToc: false, isTocOpen() { return this.openToc === true }, toggleToc() { this.openToc = !this.openToc }, } 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