Democrats are spending money to promote far-right candidates in the primaries in order to make them easier to beat in the fall.
One 30-second ad in California attacked incumbent GOP Rep. David Valadao and promoted one of his challengers for the 22nd district.
The California secretary of state denied a request by Mathys to identify himself on the ballot as a Trump conservative. In January, mathys told The Bakersfield Californian that if the votes were properly counted, Trump would have won the election.
"David Valadao claims he's Republican, yet David Valadao voted to impeach President Trump," the ad said, adding that Mathys was a "true conservative, 100% pro- Trump and proud."
The ad was paid for by the House Majority PAC.
As of Friday evening, Valadao was leading over Mathys, but the ad was one of several instances in which Democratic groups boosted Republican candidates who promoted false claims of voter fraud.
Efforts have been made to target more moderate Republicans who are facing Trumpian candidates in order to improve their chances of winning the election. The practice is not new, but some on the left are concerned that it could be risky given the current economic factors that could hurt Democrats in the upcoming elections.
Howard Wolfson, a Democratic strategist, told The Washington Post that elevating people who are hostile to democracy is a risk. This is either a crisis or not. You don't play cute in crises if it is.
The current situation could make the strategy particularly dangerous.
Rice told The New York Times that political gamesmanship has existed for a long time, but that the country is in a different place now than it was in the past. It's outrageous for these Democratic groups to raise money for someone who wants to destroy this democracy.
The Senate race in Colorado is one of the examples of Democratic groups using this strategy.
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