Today many of you received an email from a bogus group called "The Conservative Update" attacking the Tea Party Express. The email is actually from two former employees of the Tea Party Express who were fired for cause. Their names are Deborah Johns and Kelly Eustis.
We fired both of them when we discovered how bad they were, and then we all got to see this week
how reckless they were when they launched an effort to defeat the conservative Republican for Congress in North Carolina, Illario Patano - who is also a veteran of the United States Marines, and instead support his Democrat opponent.
When we stuck up for Pantano we became the target of attack by these shameless people who have been operating under a number of front groups. And that's why they sent out the email you got today. You can read one press account to gain a better understanding -
HERE.
We have learned that Ms. Johns was similarly fired from Combat Veterans for Congress shortly after her termination by the Tea Party Express.
Mr. Eustis and Ms. Johns even went so far as attempting to break into our office - which we were alerted to by building security, resulting in our filing a police report against them. They stole a part of the Tea Party Express email list upon their departure, but we have retained legal counsel to take action in this regard to get it back.
They also tried to gain access to the company we use for broadcasting our emails, when their own email provider shut them down for SPAM (as a result of them stealing their list) but as soon as our own email provider saw that they were doing they shut down their account and warned them never to even consider coming back.
So now these two individuals sought out a new email server, and set up this bogus "
The Conservative Update" group along with a group called "
One Nation PAC."
Here's what you need to do to take action:
- You should unsubscribe from any emails you receive from "One Nation PAC" by finding the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of any emails they sent you but do so only after you report the email as "SPAM" to their current provider ChimpMail.
- You can similarly unsubscribe from any emails you receive from The Conservative Update, or any other new front groups these individuals set up, by again scrolling to the bottom of the email and finding the "Unsubscribe" link.
- We need to stand up for Illario Pantano against the despicable attacks by these people. You can make a donation to Pantano's campaign - HERE.
You can also email his campaign and let them know that we stand behind them and that we will refute any efforts by Ms. Johns or Mr. Eustis to smear and defame his good name and his campaign. Send emails supportive of Illario Pantano to:
heidi@pantanoforcongress.com
Finally, to all of you who wrote in alerting us to this attempt to smear and destroy the Tea Party Express we want to say THANK YOU! Just as we're working through lawyers and law enforcement to respond, we are also working with other leaders of the tea party movement to take action against Mr. Eustis and Ms. Johns to ensure that no more conservatives are harmed by their efforts.
We never quite realized when we first launched the Tea Party Express how many people would try and stop our efforts to take our country back. We knew the liberals would oppose us, but we have been really disappointed to see how some in the political establishment, and how some subversive elements like Mr. Eustis and Ms. Johns, would behave and how hard they would work to stop our efforts.
When we saw Ilario Pantano's campaign attacked yesterday we knew we had to step forward and take action to defend him. And in doing so, we once again put ourselves in the spotlight and in the line-of-fire.
But that's OK, we're determined to persevere regardless of what is thrown against us, because our cause is right and just, and we will prevail in the end as long as we all stand united and fight for the principles we believe in!
If you have any other questions or comments about this matter please feel free to email our Director of Field Operations, Tiffiny Ruegner, who can speak quite clearly to all the issues involved in this effort to destroy the Tea Party Express and conservative candidates like Illario Pantano. You can email Tiffiny at:
tiff.tpx@gmail.com
