A “lawfare and strategic litigation” effort with a projected value of $3.75 million is meant to make use of the courts “to carry dangerous actors, together with the media, accountable.” A “transition venture,” with an estimated price ticket of $3 million, is meant to assemble coverage consultants and plans to create a “government-in-waiting” to “workers the following Republican administration.”
A “purple state venture” is meant to imitate a mannequin pioneered by the left by which strategists coordinate the efforts of an array of motion teams to enrich each other and keep away from overlap. It’s estimated to value $6 million to $8 million per state, and is initially centered on the swing states of Arizona, Nevada and Michigan.
An individual conversant in Rockbridge described these initiatives, and their fund-raising objectives, as aspirational, and mentioned the coalition had to date centered on allocating donor funds to pre-existing teams to perform its objectives, quite than creating new ones.
The individual mentioned that the coalition had examined a few of its plans, together with a voter registration initiative, final 12 months in Arizona, which is recognized within the brochure as a case research.
Arizona was the location of Rockbridge’s first summit, which was held final 12 months. It featured a speech by Mr. Thiel, the billionaire tech investor. He and Ms. Mercer, the daughter of the hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer, have been amongst Mr. Trump’s largest donors in 2016, and labored intently collectively on his presidential transition staff.
Since then, Mr. Thiel has emerged as a key kingmaker, supporting 16 Senate and Home candidates, a few of whom have additionally been backed by Ms. Mercer. Lots of their candidates have embraced the lie that Mr. Trump received the 2020 election.
One, Blake Masters, a former worker of Mr. Thiel’s who’s working for Senate in Arizona, spoke on the Rockbridge dinner reception at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday night time earlier than Mr. Trump, and conceivably may benefit from Rockbridge’s efforts.