A Democratic political operative in Texas has ignited a political firestorm after an undercover video appeared to show him describing a voter-organizing initiative as a “roundabout way of paying people for their votes.”
The footage, first reported by Townhall, features Sky McAdams, an organizing manager for Texas Majority PAC, discussing a program in which participants receive $25 for taking part in a one-hour Zoom session focused on voting and Republican policies.
McAdams explained that the program was presented as a form of political education and organizing rather than a direct payment for casting a ballot.
“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 of these bad things,” McAdams says in the undercover video. “So it’s like a roundabout way of paying people for their votes, essentially.”
