2026年9月30日 美国东部时间12:16 / 福克斯新闻
一名已离职的民主党政治行动委员会雇员称，曾支付每人25美元参加一场主题为“共和党为何引发坏事”的课程
作者：彼得·达布罗斯卡，福克斯新闻
卧底视频显示德州民主党政治行动委员会组织者讨论该组织的选民 targeting 策略
一名已离职的德州多数派政治行动委员会雇员在一段 viral 卧底视频中称，该组织找到了“为选民购买选票的迂回方式”。（图片来源：Townhall）
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独家报道： 两名知情人士向福克斯新闻数字频道证实，一家在孤星州（德克萨斯州）斥巨资支持民主党竞选活动的德州政治行动委员会，因一段包含一名已离职雇员的 viral 卧底视频，正受到美国司法部（DOJ）的调查。
“我们支付每人25美元，参加一小时的Zoom课程，学习投票为何重要，以及共和党为何造成所有这些坏事，”德州多数派政治行动委员会前组织经理斯凯·麦卡德斯在Townhall获取的视频中对一名卧底记者说道。
“所以这本质上就像是为选民购买选票的迂回方式，这很有意思，”麦卡德斯说道。当卧底记者询问该项目的名称时，麦卡德斯表示，它被称为“付费关系项目”。
斯凯·麦卡德斯，前德州多数派政治行动委员会职员，与卧底记者讨论该组织的“付费关系项目”。（Townhall）
“我想‘团结德州’是官方名称，”麦卡德斯继续说道。“你不能付钱让人投票给某人。你不能说‘给你25美元，去投我的票’。你可以说‘参加一小时的课程，就能获得25美元’，然后课程内容就是讲讲投票的重要性之类的。”
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“这是一种颇具创意的方式……但眼下我们能争取到任何帮助都好，”记者回应道。
“是啊，你知道吗，如果我是共和党人，我会气死。我会说‘这太他妈龌龊了’，”麦卡德斯在回复中认同了这一所谓行为的邪恶性质。
该视频在网上获得了数百万次观看，引发了司法部对德州多数派政治行动委员会的调查。
德州多数派政治行动委员会由“德州竞选活动老手”杰森·李、凯瑟琳·费舍尔和克里斯塔尔·塞尔梅尼奥创立。该组织的使命是让德克萨斯州永久成为蓝色阵营。根据美国透明度组织的数据，截至第二季度末，该政治行动委员会在2026年选举周期中已筹集近1000万美元，支出近900万美元。据报道，其手头现金超过130万美元。
一名前德州多数派政治行动委员会职员在镜头中讨论该组织的“付费关系项目”。（Townhall）
该政治行动委员会的发言人埃迪·瓦尔向福克斯新闻数字频道表示，视频是真实的，未经过数字篡改或欺骗性剪辑。他还澄清了麦卡德斯在视频中描述的“关系组织”项目的细节。
塔拉里科就有争议的觉醒言论改口，称自己“没说到点子上”
“我们雇佣德克萨斯州人参加活动，在活动中他们会学习如何组织朋友和家人，”他说。“他们鼓励朋友和家人出来投票，并定期给他们发送提醒。他们为自己的组织工作获得报酬，就像任何其他工作一样。”
“德州多数派政治行动委员会运营着一个关系组织项目，多年来这一直是每个竞选活动手册中的标准内容，”瓦尔说道。“该项目的参与者是为基层组织工作获得报酬。一名离职雇员的描述与事实不符，也不是我们的运作方式，他当即被解雇了。”
左图：2026年7月22日，民主党参议院候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科在德克萨斯州奥斯汀的凯悦中心国会大道酒店举行的新闻发布会上发言。右图：2026年8月4日，德克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿在艾伦市的马特牧场马丁内斯餐厅举行的竞选活动结束时挥手致意。（图片来源：布兰登·贝尔/盖蒂图片社；布兰登·贝尔/盖蒂图片社）
“我们将继续确保所有拥有合法投票权的人都能行使投票权，尽管德州共和党人一直在不断试图剥夺他们的选举权，右翼媒体也在恶意攻击试图帮助他们的组织，”瓦尔继续说道。
与此同时，德州民主党人正狂热地为身陷丑闻的参议院候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科集结支持。
这位左翼候选人最近收回了一些更为极端的立场，比如支持跨性别女性参与女子体育，他此前曾声称“上帝是非二元性别的”，以及人类有六种性别。
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塔拉里科的竞选对手是共和党籍州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿。尽管德克萨斯州素来以传统红色州著称，但选举结果可能以微弱差距决定胜负。
麦卡德斯和德州多数派政治行动委员会均未回复福克斯新闻数字频道就该调查提出的置评请求。
彼得·达布罗斯卡是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者。
Trump DOJ investigating Dem group in Texas after viral undercover video sparks massive uproar
September 30, 2026 12:16pm EDT / Fox News
A now-former employee of a Dem PAC described paying people $25 to attend a class on why Republicans are ‘causing bad things’
By Peter D’Abrosca, Fox News
Undercover video shows Texas Dem PAC organizer discussing org’s voter targeting tactics
A now-former Texas Majority PAC employee was caught in a viral undercover video saying the organization found a ’roundabout way of paying people for their votes.’ (Credit: Townhall)
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EXCLUSIVE:A Texas PAC that dumps millions into Democrat campaigns in the Lone Star state is under a Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation following a viral undercover video featuring a now-former employee, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to Fox News Digital.
“We are paying people $25 to attend a one-hour Zoom class to learn why voting is important and why the Republicans are causing all these bad things,” Sky McAdams, a former organizing manager at the Texas Majority PAC told an undercover reporter in a video obtained by Townhall.
“So it’s like a roundabout way of paying people for their votes, essentially, which is interesting,” said McAdams. When the undercover reporter asked what the program was called, McAdams said it’s called the “Paid Relational Program.”
Sky McAdams, ex-Texas Majority PAC staffer, discusses the organization’s “Paid Relational Program” with an undercover reporter.(Townhall)
“I think ‘Rally Texas’ is the official name,” McAdams continued. “You can’t pay someone to vote for someone. You can’t be like, ‘Here’s $25, go vote for me.’ You can say, ‘attend a one-hour class and you can receive $25,’ and then the class just talks about, like, the importance of voting.”
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“It’s a creative way to kind of… but right now we could use all the help we can get,” the reporter says in response.
“Yeah, you know, like, if I was a Republican, I’d be pissed. I’d be like, ‘that’s shady as f—,’” McAdams agreed of the supposed nefarious-ness of the action in his reply.
The video has racked up millions of views online, leading to the DOJ probe into the Texas Majority PAC.
The Texas Majority PAC was founded by “veterans of Texas campaigns” Jason Lee, Katherine Fischer and Crystal Zermeño. The group’s mission is to turn Texas permanently blue. According to Transparency USA, by the end of Q2, the PAC had raised nearly $10 million in the 2026 election cycle, and has spent nearly $9 million. It reportedly had more than $1.3 million in cash on hand.
An ex-Texas Majority PAC staffer was caught on camera discussing the organization’s “Paid Relational Program.”(Townhall)
A spokesperson for the PAC, Eddie Vale, told Fox News Digital that the video is real and has not been digitally altered or deceptively edited. He also clarified details about “relational organizing” program described by McAdams in the video.
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“We hire Texans to join events where they are taught how to organize their friends and family.,” he said. “They encourage their friends and family to turn out and vote and send them regular reminders. They are compensated for their organizing work, just like any other job.”
“Texas Majority PAC runs a relational organizing program, which for years has been a standard part of every campaign’s playbook,” Vale said. “Participants in the program are being paid for grassroots organizing work. The way it was described by one rogue employee is factually incorrect, not how we operate, and they were immediately fired.”
Left: Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico speaks during a press conference at the Hyatt Centric Congress Avenue on July 22, 2026, in Austin, Texas. Right: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton waves at the conclusion of a campaign event at Matt’s Rancho Martinez restaurant on August 4, 2026, in Allen, Texas.(Brandon Bell/Getty Images; Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
“We will continue to ensure that everyone who has the legal right to vote is able to do so in the face of never-ending attempts from Texas Republicans to disenfranchise them and bad faith attacks from right-wing media to silence organizations that try to help them,” Vale continued.
Meanwhile, Texas Democrats are feverishly attempting to rally support for scandal-plagued Senate candidate James Talarico.
The left-wing candidate has recently walked back some of his more extreme positions, like support for biological men in women’s sports, his previous claims that “God is non-binary” and that there are six sexes.
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Talarico is running against Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton. Despite the fact that Texas is known as a traditionally red state, the outcome could be decided by a razor-thin margin.
Neither McAdams nor the Texas Majority PAC returned Fox News Digital’s comment requests related to the investigation.
Peter D’Abrosca is a politics reporter at Fox News Digital.
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