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Earlier this year, in June, Integrity Political Action Committee (IPAC) announced a "new coalition" with the Democratic Socialists of America aimed at fighting ICE's "crackdown on immigration violations." Two months later, an unlikely figure traveled to the area to meet with IPAC's leaders: Rep. Thomas Massie, the man who describes himself as "Kentucky's most conservative congressman."A social media post shows Massie smiling alongside IPAC chairman Rafed Aljoboury in what appears to be a private home in Dunmore, Pa., a Scranton suburb. One week earlier, Aljoboury contributed $500 to Massie's campaign, according to campaign finance disclosure. Aljoboury spoke at the press conference where IPAC launched its partnership with the DSA and compared ICE agents to Nazis. ...It's an interesting pairing, given that Massie has said, "If you enter this country illegally, you broke the law and you should be deported." IPAC nonetheless says it "stands with Rep. Thomas Massie and support [sic] his re-election campaign." The endorsement section of the group's website, meanwhile, lists only Massie and includes a link to donate to his campaign.Massie told the Washington Free Beacon he is "not familiar with the Integrity Political Action Committee" or its "position on immigration, but I feel strongly that we should stop illegal immigration." He acknowledged Aljoboury's campaign contribution but emphasized that it "was from him as an individual and did not come from IPAC." ...Massie—with the help of donors like Chowdhury, IPAC's Aljoboury, and the Washington, D.C.-based law firm Covington and Burling—raised $768,000 between July and September, the "best fundraising quarter of his career," according to Politico. While the outlet suggested in a July profile of Massie that the Republican's Kentucky district is more aligned with its congressman than its president, the overwhelming majority of Massie's most recent fundraising haul came from outside of the Bluegrass State. Of the $537,000 in itemized individual contributions Massie reported, just $22,000—or 4 percent—came from within Kentucky, a Free Beacon review found. ...
