Right Side PAC

{{short description|American political action committee}}

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Right Side PAC was a super PAC created by a group of Republicans with a mission of convincing anti-Donald Trump Republican voters to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in the 2020 United States presidential election.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-17/republicans-form-group-to-turn-out-gop-voters-for-joe-biden|title=Republicans Form Group to Turn Out GOP Voters – for Biden|last1=Allison|first1=Bill|website=Bloomberg News |date=June 17, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2020}} It was a single-candidate PAC, with Biden being the only supported candidate.{{cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00748160&cycle=2020|title=Right Side PAC|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}

The group targeted voters in swing states such as Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/politics/republican-super-pac-biden/index.html|title=Republican operatives launch new group supporting Biden|last1=Saenz|first1=Arlette|website=CNN |date=June 18, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}

The group was led by Matt Borges, a former chairman of the Ohio Republican Party. Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci who served under Trump, is also a member of the PAC.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gop-operatives-launch-super-pac-target-anti-trump/story?id=71300904|title=Group of GOP operatives launch super PAC to target anti-Trump Republicans|last1=Verhovek|first1=John|website=ABC News |date=June 17, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2020}} The super PAC shut down in July 2020 – a month after being formed – after Borges was arrested on federal corruption charges.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/us/politics/never-trump-republicans.html|title=The Crowded, Competitive World of Anti-Trump G.O.P. Groups|last1=Karnie|first1=Annie|website=The New York Times |date=October 12, 2020|accessdate=November 15, 2022}}