More than 170 Democratic organizations and campaign staff members signed a letter calling on party leaders to reject campaign donations from the super PAC Leading the Future.
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The Briefing with Jen PsakiSep 24, 2026
The claim is supported: The Hill (tier1) reported on September 18, 2026 that more than 170 Democratic organizers and campaign staff members urged party leaders to reject donations from Leading the Future, and the letter itself is in the sources. The Hill says 'organizers' rather than 'organizations,' a minor wording difference that does not change the core assertion.
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… me ask you quickly before I let you go, because part of this is rebuilding trust with a lot of people who are, they hear VC firm, they hear big donors, and they think that sounds like a part of the elite that is not going to help us solve these problems, and one of the things that got some attention in the last week was that more than 170 Democratic organizations and campaign staff members wrote a letter calling on the party's leaders to reject campaign donations from the huge pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future. They argued that taking those donations is fundamentally at odds with the Democratic Party's core values. Now, I ask, is it, was started as a bipartisan act apparatus? …
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Supports. The Hill reports that more than 170 Democratic organizers and campaign staff members called on party leaders to reject campaign donations from the pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future, calling the money 'fundamentally at odds with the Democratic Party's core values.'[1]
Supports. The letter itself, posted by Tech Oversight, is addressed from current and former Democratic campaign staff and urges the party to reject money or endorsements from Leading the Future and its affiliate Think Big PAC.[2]
Supports. Verity News and Axios both report the letter as having more than 170 signers urging party leaders to refuse Leading the Future money, with the letter shared on Friday, September 18.[3][4]
Context. Sources describe signers as 'current and former' campaign staff and 'organizers' rather than 'organizations'; the claim's wording follows the post, and the difference does not change the central assertion.[1][3]
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4 sources: 1 tier 1, 3 not rated
- 1Democratic campaigns, organizers urge to snub AI super ...thehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports, context
- 2Letter from Dem Campaign Staff: Reject MAGA AI Spendingtechoversight.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3170 Democratic Staffers Urge Party to Reject AI Super PAC ...verity.news · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4🤖 AI arms controlaxios.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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