Hillary Clinton’s allies reportedly formed a $25 million outside-spending group intended to organize minority voters for the general election just after Clinton suffered a substantial loss to Sen. Bernie Sanders in the New Hampshire primary.
The group, called Every Citizen Counts, is not expected to participate in the primaries, according to a report Wednesday by the Associated Press.
Instead, it is slated to boost voter registration and turnout among minority voters for the election in November, assuming Clinton will still become the Democratic nominee.
Clinton lost to Sanders in New Hampshire by roughly 22 points after wringing out a narrow 0.2 point victory over him in the Iowa caucuses last week.
Guy Cecil, a close Clinton confidante, will reportedly advise the new outside group. Cecil already runs a political action committee allied with Clinton.
The formation of the $25 million group so soon after Clinton’s brutal defeat could feed Sanders’ narrative that Clinton is under the protection of the Democratic establishment.
Sanders has repeatedly argued the political system is “rigged” by a “corrupt” campaign finance system, the same one that will fill Every Citizen Counts’ coffers with cash to organize voters for Clinton in the months ahead.
