Ocean City, NJ – Now that former Democrat Jeff Van Drew has made his switcheroo official, conservative Republican Bob Patterson called on Van Drew to return the money he raised from his fellow liberal Democrats.

For the 2019-2020 cycle, Van Drew raised at least $1.2 million from people and entities committed to defeating President Trump and other Republicans. If Van Drew is going to reinvent himself as a Republican, his campaign shouldn’t be funded by Democrat money, including contributions from:

• Cong. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
• Cong. Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
• Cong. David Scott (D-GA)
• Cong. Jim Clyburn (D-SC)
• Cong. Cher Bustos (D-IL)
• Cong. Jared Huffman (D-CA)
• Cong. Tom Suozzi (D-NY)
• Cong. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
• Cong. Jim Himes (D-CT)
• Cong. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
• Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)
• Cong. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ)
• Cong. Brad Sherman (D-CA)
• Cong. John Larson (D-CT)
• Cong. Kurt Schrader (D-OR)
• Cong. Collin Peterson (D-MN)
• Cong. Filemon Vela (D-TX)
• Cong. Robin Kelly (D-IL)
• Cong. Nita Lowey (D-NY)
• Cong. Pete Aguilar (D-CA)
• Cong. Scott Peters (D-CA)
• Cong. Ted Lieu (D-CA)
• Cong. Bill Foster (D-IL)
• Cong. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)
• Cong. Don Beyer (D-VA)
• Cong. Julia Brownley (D-CA)
• Cong. Kathleen Rice (D-NY)
• Cong. Bradley Schneider (D-IL)

“The Van Drew Switcheroo shows that Cong. Van Drew is a liberal opportunist who only cares about protecting his political career,” said conservative Republican Bob Patterson. “Now that Van Drew is reinventing himself as a Republican, he should return all of his Democrat money.”