New Hybrid PAC looks to help naturalized citizens, Muslim candidates run for federal office

The newly formed Progressive Hybrid Political Action Committee (PAC) aims to support Muslim candidates and naturalized citizens who want to run for Congress.

A group named “”cavalry pack” was filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) last Monday.

The group is led by former Democratic Congressional candidate Kara Eastman and progressive media personality Cenk Uyghur. It is scheduled to go on sale Tuesday, Eastman told The Hill.

The Uyghur host of “The Young Turks” ended his long run for Democratic president in early March. Because he was born in Turkey, he is not eligible to become president under the constitution’s “natural-born citizen” clause. During his five-month run for the White House, he launched a legal battle to gain access to the ballot.

he sued He was sued in South Carolina federal court for not being included in the Palmetto State presidential primary. Democrats pointed to the constitution when discussing why Uighur was excluded.

The new PAC will continue the constitutional dogfight.

“We also intend to continue the lawsuit we started because of the ideas behind him. [Uygur’s] “While the campaign fought for full equality for naturalized citizens, we still believe in the subsidy of the 14th Amendment,” Eastman said.

“We didn’t have the resources or really the time to do that through a campaign, and that’s one of the main goals of this project,” she continued. “So we want to pay off our legal costs, but just as importantly, if not more importantly, with an eye toward even the possibility of filing a lawsuit in another state. Proceed with the lawsuit.”

According to the PAC’s website, the group will use half of its donations to support ongoing litigation.

Eastman, who twice unsuccessfully defeated U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-Nebraska) in Nebraska’s 2nd District, most recently served as Uighur campaign manager.

He said the other half of the money will go toward “supporting outsider candidates in grassroots elections, supporting Muslim candidates, supporting naturalized citizens who want to run for president, even though it may not be the presidential election right now.” “No, but it might happen in the future.”