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43A4A Statement on Donald Trump’s 2024 Presidential Announcement

43A4A Statement on Donald Trump’s 2024 Presidential Announcement

We believe in honoring the principles of the United States Constitution, respecting the rule of law, reverence for free and fair elections, and the acceptance of their outcomes. A political candidate who incites or encourages an insurrection against our government,...

43A4A Statement on the Anniversary of the 1/6 Insurrection

43A4A Statement on the Anniversary of the 1/6 Insurrection

Today, we mark the one-year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection – one of the darkest days in America’s history. We must never forget those who played a role, either actively or passively, in the failed attempt to overthrow a fair, honest and legitimate...

Anti-Trump Republicans Urge GOP Voters to Back Democrats in 2022

Anti-Trump Republicans Urge GOP Voters to Back Democrats in 2022

A number of prominent GOP officials publicly opposed the reelection of Trump in 2020 and several Republican groups were formed to speak out against the sitting president, including Republican Voters Against Trump, The Lincoln Project and 43 Alumni for Biden.

43 Alumni for America Stands with Rep. Liz Cheney

43 Alumni for America Stands with Rep. Liz Cheney

On January 6th, insurrectionists laid siege to the United States Capitol. They took up arms against free elections, free speech, and the work of free people assembled to support the Constitution of the United States. It was – and will forever be – one of our country's...

Recognizing President Biden’s First 100 Days

Recognizing President Biden’s First 100 Days

43 Alumni for America would like to congratulate President Biden on his first 100 days in office. While we may not, and likely will not, agree with everything the Biden Administration does, we are grateful for the return to a sense of decorum, professionalism, and...

Barack, Bill and Dubya: How Democrats came to embrace George W. Bush

Barack, Bill and Dubya: How Democrats came to embrace George W. Bush

"He's always been a firm believer of following in his father's footsteps that presidents of the United States don't weigh in on future presidential campaigns,” John Farner, who worked for Mr. Bush’s 2000 campaign and Commerce Department, told The Independent. ......

43 Alumni for America Statement on Texas Amicus Brief

43 Alumni for America Statement on Texas Amicus Brief

Elected Republicans Must Protect American Democracy, Preserve Election Integrity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, December 11, 2020 On November 3, Joe Biden won a free and fair election and is the rightful president-elect of the United States. It is shameful that...

43 Alumni for Biden Congratulates President-Elect Joe Biden

43 Alumni for Biden Congratulates President-Elect Joe Biden

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, November 7, 2020 WASHINGTON, DC – “With the support of more than 75 million voters, more than any U.S. presidential candidate in the history of our nation, America made its choice clear. Congratulations to President-Elect Joe Biden and...

43 Alumni Launches New Ad, “Truth” One Week Before Election Day

43 Alumni Launches New Ad, “Truth” One Week Before Election Day

Digital Campaign Encourages GOP Support for Biden, Targets Key Swing States FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 28, 2020 43 Alumni for Joe Biden today launched its final national campaign titled "Truth." This digital campaign will run in paid and earned spots...

How Biden Is Closing the Deal With Republican Apostates

How Biden Is Closing the Deal With Republican Apostates

Bush-era Republicans are arguably the most ardent foot soldiers on the right helping to elect Biden ... many of his administration’s top cheerleaders are enthusiastically and, as the clock runs out, urgently asking friends for their trust that Biden has always been...

George W. Bush alumni invoke his image in new pro-Biden ad

George W. Bush alumni invoke his image in new pro-Biden ad

A new ad from the group, “43 Alumni for Biden,” is called “Team 46” ... The digital-only ad campaign is intended to target GOP voters in swing states by tapping into the nostalgia some Republicans and independents feel for the Bush years.

Is “But the Judges” Still Enough?

Is “But the Judges” Still Enough?

By Jamie Brown Hantman Former Special Assistant to the President, White House Former Acting Assistant Attorney General, OLA, U.S. Department of Justice I am a lifelong Republican who joined the Bush Administration after 9/11 and helped run the confirmation process for...

Virtual Discussion with Olivia Troye

Virtual Discussion with Olivia Troye

43 Alumni for Biden hosted a virtual discussion on October 8, 2020 with 43 alumna Olivia Troye, former National Security and Counterterrorism Advisor to Vice President Mike Pence. She was also a key staff member on the White House Coronavirus Task Force and discussed...

43 Alumni for Biden Announces Latino Voter Outreach Campaign

43 Alumni for Biden Announces Latino Voter Outreach Campaign

Joint ad with Lincoln Project Highlights Failures of President Trump’s Administration FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 30, 2020 WASHINGTON, DC – The organizing committee of the 43 Alumni for Biden PAC released its first digital ad today focusing on the...

Biden, Pence meet at 9/11 memorial in New York City

Biden, Pence meet at 9/11 memorial in New York City

Kristopher Purcell, who was working in the White House and the Oval Office on Sept. 11, 2001, and who's a co-founder of the anti-Trump GOP group ‘43 Alumni for Biden,’ told Fox News, “Donald Trump just doesn’t violate the basic norms that we’ve traditionally had in...

Bush Cabinet and Administration Officials Publicly Endorse Biden

Bush Cabinet and Administration Officials Publicly Endorse Biden

43 Alumni for Biden represent the breadth and diversity of what used to be the Republican Party Before Donald Trump accepts another nomination for president from what used to be the Party of Lincoln and Reagan, 230 former officials of the George W. Bush Administration...

Open Letter: Why Joe?

Open Letter: Why Joe?

Americans are decent, hard-working people. We want our kids to attend good schools and our parents to live long independent lives. We want to be free to pursue our own version of safety and success. But if you look around at 2020, none of those goals are anywhere to...

Virtual Conversation with Governor John Kasich

Virtual Conversation with Governor John Kasich

Fresh off his appearance at the 2020 Democratic National Convention, former Governor John Kasich joined 43 Alumni for Biden on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 for an engaging discussion about his support of Joe Biden, the 2020 Democratic nominee, as the next President of...

Virtual Discussion with Bill Kristol, RVAT

Virtual Discussion with Bill Kristol, RVAT

Longtime conservative Bill Kristol, Founding Director of Republican Voters Against Trump (RVAT) and Editor-at-Large of The Bulwark, joined the 43 Alumni for Biden PAC on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 for a virtual discussion about RVAT’s mission to help elect Joe Biden...

All The Republicans Who Have Endorsed Joe Biden For President

All The Republicans Who Have Endorsed Joe Biden For President

Numerous Republican media figures, campaign strategists and government officials have even organized PACs dedicated to supporting Biden, such as Republican Voters Against Trump and, most recently, 43 Alumni for Biden. The most notable among them is the Lincoln...

VIDEO: How anti-Trump Republicans are working to defeat him

VIDEO: How anti-Trump Republicans are working to defeat him

Rosario Marin: I'm going to vote for Joe Biden because whatever I may disagree with him in his policies, I know he knows government. He has been there a long time. He knows how to govern. He knows what he can do and what he cannot do.

43 Alumni for Biden Supports Harris as VP Selection

43 Alumni for Biden Supports Harris as VP Selection

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 11, 2020 Statement from the 43 Alumni for Biden PAC regarding Senator Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s choice for Vice President. “Welcome to the ticket, Kamala Harris. Joe Biden has proven once again that he will make decisions that...

AUDIO: The State Of California: The Republican Push For Joe Biden

AUDIO: The State Of California: The Republican Push For Joe Biden

Recently, hundreds of former George W. Bush administration officials endorsed Biden’s campaign, saying that would work to "engage and mobilize disenchanted GOP voters." We were joined on KCBS Radio's "The State Of California" by one of those former Bush administration...

43 Alumni PAC Making Impact in First Week

43 Alumni PAC Making Impact in First Week

Over 1,000 GOP Officials and Voters Join the Effort WASHINGTON, DC – In the first week since the launch of 43 Alumni for Biden, the organization of former George W. Bush Presidential Administration officials and supporters has garnered over 1,000 members for the...

Former George W. Bush officials form new group to back Biden

Former George W. Bush officials form new group to back Biden

A group of officials who worked in former President George W. Bush’s administration and presidential campaigns on Wednesday launched a new super PAC to persuade Republicans disaffected with President Trump to vote for Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

Alumni of George W. Bush administration launch pro-Biden super PAC

Alumni of George W. Bush administration launch pro-Biden super PAC

“We’re looking for the largest conglomerate of folks who want to help, whether it’s writing a check, making phone calls, helping to get out the vote, basic campaign 101. We just feel the time now is to restore dignity to the White House, and the current gentleman is...

Ex-George W. Bush officials launch new group supporting Joe Biden

Ex-George W. Bush officials launch new group supporting Joe Biden

The group, launched Wednesday under the name "43 Alumni for Biden," "seeks to unite and mobilize a community of historically Republican voters who are dismayed and disappointed by the damage done to our nation by Donald Trump's presidency," according to a release. The...

Hundreds of former George W. Bush officials set to endorse Biden

Hundreds of former George W. Bush officials set to endorse Biden

“This November, we are choosing country over party,” said Kristopher Purcell, a former communications official in the Bush administration. “We believe that a Biden administration will adhere to the rule of law... and restore dignity and integrity to the White...

43 Alumni Launch National PAC Effort to Support Joe Biden

43 Alumni Launch National PAC Effort to Support Joe Biden

Organizers Pledge to Engage and Mobilize Disenchanted GOP Voters WASHINGTON, DC –​ Hundreds of former George W. Bush presidential administration, campaign and political staff have joined together to form the 43 Alumni for Biden political action committee (PAC) to...

Former George W. Bush Staffers Form PAC to Back Joe Biden

Former George W. Bush Staffers Form PAC to Back Joe Biden

A group of former officials of the George W. Bush administration have come together to do what they once would have considered unthinkable—endorsing a Democratic candidate for president—and in a stinging rebuke to the president, are raising money for Joe Biden.

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.3.20

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.3.20

Though details are still a bit murky, former officials from the Bush/Cheney administration have reportedly created a super PAC to help boost Biden's 2020 campaign. It's called 43 Alumni For Biden and it will be led in part by Karen Kirksey, a former Treasury...

Bush administration alums form pro-Biden super PAC

Bush administration alums form pro-Biden super PAC

Former officials from the George W. Bush administration have formed a super PAC to support former Vice President Joe Biden’s White House campaign. The super PAC, dubbed 43 Alumni For Biden, referring to the 43rd president, was formed Monday, according to a Tuesday...