“How could we pass on the opportunity to have his own PAC keep our coverage going as he kicks off his national campaign for president?”
The political fundraising group supporting Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich's bid for president bought the website at the center of its new advertising campaign from a prominent anti-Kasich blogger for several thousand dollars, a BuzzFeed News review of domain records has found.
As part of a $1.7 million ad buy to promote the governor, the New Day for America 527 group purchased "johnkasich.us," a site previously owned by Joseph Mismas, who has been a fierce critic of Kasich for years. Mismas routinely uses his platform at Plunderbund.com — one of Ohio's leading left-wing blogs — to criticize and embarrass the Ohio governor.
New Day for America's purchase will be funding the anti-Kasich blogger's writers and helping keep them "paid for the next few months" through the money he acquired in the deal.
Why is the group paying one of Kasich's most vociferous online critics? Here's how it all went down:
On July 8, New Day for America launched www.johnkasich.us.
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The site features and is referred to in a new ad intended to begin introducing Kasich to the general public.
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