CRC Advisors
Background
CRC Advisors, previously Creative Response Concepts, is a Virginia-based public relations firm, known for working with numerous high-profile right-wing clients, as well as fossil fuel companies such as oil major Chevron.
On a now-deleted website when the company was known as CRC Strategies, it stated in a list of “case studies” that it “developed winning communications, media relations, crisis communications and social media strategies for a leading energy client, the second-largest integrated energy company in the US.”
The firm has also represented political advocacy groups funded by the Koch brothers,1Kevin McCauley. “CRC Buys Kellyanne Conway’s Firm,” O’Dwyer’s, September 28, 2017. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/6MULL including Americans for Prosperity and Americans for Tax Reform, and was employed by the Republican National Committee in the late 1990s to “sell the party’s tax-cut message throughout the country.”2Jerry Markon. “Conservative PR Firm That Repped Swift Boat Vets Now Helping Fight Sotomayor,” Washington Post, June 11, 2009. Archived August 18, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/25e34 3“Case Studies,” CRC Strategies. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/iqq97
According to its website, CRC Strategies specialises in crisis management on behalf of “industry leaders, mid-sized organizations, small businesses and nonprofits,” with the aim of “protecting our clients, their reputations and their assets.”4“Crisis Communications,” CRC Strategies. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/5z0ul The company claims its “proven methodologies help to energize and mobilize the masses to ensure that your message resonates to those who matter most,”5“Advocacy,” CRC Strategies. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/iPSy0 with day-to-day work including: “launching influencer campaigns or advocacy programs, guiding opinions on the Hill, advertising, branding, building websites, research or driving social and digital outcomes.”6“Who we are,” CRC Strategies. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/YQ346
CRC was founded in 1989 but came to prominence in 2004 through its work on the “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth” campaign to cast doubt on Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry’s war record.7Peter Savodnik. “Swift boat group weighs next step,” The Hill, 24, November, 2004. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/UEEze In a 2009 Washington Post interview, the company’s senior vice president acknowledged that their clients are “almost always center-right,” with the company described as a conservative “attack dog” by Estuardo Rodriguez, a Washington publicist who worked with Hispanic organizations supporting Sonia Sotomayor during the time of her nomination as a Supreme Court Justice by President Obama.8Jerry Markon. “Conservative PR Firm That Repped Swift Boat Vets Now Helping Fight Sotomayor,” Washington Post, June 11, 2009. Archived August 18, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/25e34
Although CRC’s website does not list any staff or directors, its president is Greg Mueller, former communications director during “paleoconservative” political commentator Pat Buchanan’s presidential campaign bids in 1992 and 1996.9Michael Hobbes. “The Selling Of Judge Brett Kavanaugh,” Huffpost US, July 21, 2018. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/4MxBO Mueller has repeatedly denied climate science, tweeting approvingly of climate science denier Richard Lindzen: “MIT Climate scientist says claims of warming are ‘nonsense,’ ‘irrational, ‘lead us down false path.’”10“MIT Climate scientist says claims of warming are “nonsense,” “irrational,”lead us down false path.” http://ow.ly/USK8C #gop #tcot,” Tweet by November 20, 2015. Archived .png on file at DeSmog. Mueller also has close ties to Leonard Leo, who is a Vice President of the Federalist Society whohas worked with the Kochs to help pack the courts, in addition to launching dark money operations like the BH Fund and BH Group.
CRC’s founder and chairman is Leif Noren, former executive director and treasurer of the National Conservative Political Action Committee,11Kevin Merida. “THE GOP’S TOWN CRIERS,” Washington Post, July 10, 1997. Archived June 10, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. a right-wing advocacy group that pioneered the use of “independent expenditure” in the early 1980s as a way of circumventing campaign finance laws, leading to the rise of expensive political “attack ads”.12Adam Clymer. “CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL COMMITTEE EVOKES BOTH FEAR AND ADORATION,” New York Times, May 31, 1981. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/AMypR
In September 2017, CRC purchased The Polling Company, a public opinion company founded by former Trump campaign manager and White House Advisor Kellyanne Conway,13Kevin McCauley. “CRC Buys Kellyanne Conway’s Firm,” O’Dwyer’s, September 28, 2017. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/6MULL who has a long history of working with CRC. CRC’s president Greg Mueller said in a statement: “The Polling Company is a natural fit for CRC. It is an established brand with a strong reputation among conservatives, Republicans, public policy organizations, corporations and associations.”14Jerry Markon. “Conservative PR Firm That Repped Swift Boat Vets Now Helping Fight Sotomayor,” Washington Post, June 11, 2009. Archived August 18, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/25e34
Clients
Creative Response Concepts has provided services to numerous controversial clients, including the Discovery Institute, an organisation that seeks to promote creationism and discredit evolutionary biology, as reported in the New York Times.15Cornelia Dean, Laurie Goodstein. “Leading Cardinal Redefines Church’s View on Evolution,” New York Times, July 9, 2005. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/XZ4gn
The company has also worked to promote books by well-known right-wing commentators, such as former Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gringrich; David Limbaugh, brother of conspiracy theorist radio show host Rush Limbaugh; and Matt Drudge, editor of the Drudge Report.16“Case Studies,” CRC Strategies. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/iqq97
In 2017, CRC worked with the Leo-tied Judicial Crisis Network on judicial nominations issues and “spearheaded a ten-week communications program” for Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch after Gorsuch was nominated by President Trump to succeed Antonin Scalia, according to a Washington Post report and its website.17Robert O’Harrow Jr., Shawn Boburg. “A conservative activist’s behind-the-scenes campaign to remake the nation’s courts,” Washington Post, May 21, 2019. Archived June 10, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
In September 2018, Politico reported that CRC had worked closely with Ed Whelan, president of the right-wing DC group called the Ethics and Public Policy Center, to “stoke anticipation” ahead of Whelan’s attempt to discredit Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.18Eliana Johnson. “PR firm helped Whelan stoke half-baked Kavanaugh alibi,” Politico, September 21, 2018. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.is/P0GDw Whelan quickly issued an apology for the unsubstantiated theory and took leave of absence from his post.19Quint Forgey. “Ed Whelan taking ‘leave of absence’ after posting Kavanaugh theory,” Politico, September 23, 2018. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/nlJYL
The same month, it was revealed CRC had registered as a “foreign agent” in 2005 for its work with Ukrainian politician Viktor Yanukovych, backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.20Brooke Binkowski. “Was CRC Public Relations Registered as a Foreign Agent?” Truth or Fiction, September 26, 2018. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/fKJnp
In April 2019, Politico revealed that CRC was behind a publicity campaign to have Trump advisor Stephen Moore appointed governor of the Federal Reserve. Founder of the free-market Club for Growth and a long-time climate science denier, Moore has held positions at a number of Koch-funded groups including the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute and the American Legislative Exchange Council.21Zachary Warmbrodt. “Stephen Moore gets PR firm’s help to ‘manage the media’ in bid to join Fed,” Politico, April 26, 2019. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/8SXCG
Other past CRC clients are listed under “Related Organizations” below.
Stance on Climate Change
July 15, 2013
CRC’s president Greg Mueller tweeted:22“A strong majority of earth scientists surveyed said that nature is the reason behind any rise in global warming, not humans…” Tweet by @gregmcrc, July 15, 2013. Archived .png on file at DeSmog.
“A strong majority of earth scientists surveyed said that nature is the reason behind any rise in global warming, not humans…”
Funding
Below is a sample of CRC’s known clients, based on information presented under “3rd party contractors” on public 990 tax forms. Note that this is not an exhaustive list, and that only nonprofit organizations are required to reveal public 990 forms, meaning private clients are also excluded.
View the attached spreadsheet for additional information on CRC Public Relations funding by year (.xlsx).
Client | Total Payments |
Federalist Society | $11,373,503 |
Judicial Crisis Network | $5,155,084 |
Media Research Center | $3,109,554 |
Judicial Education Project | $1,921,500 |
American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers | $722,205 |
Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes | $627,508 |
Wellspring Committee | $600,000 |
Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust | $267,443 |
Acton Institute | $131,588 |
Grand Total | $23,908,385 |
Key People
- Leif Noren — Founder and chairman.23Jerry Markon. “Conservative PR Firm That Repped Swift Boat Vets Now Helping Fight Sotomayor,” Washington Post, June 11, 2009. Archived August 18, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/25e34
- Greg Mueller — President.24Michael Hobbes. “The Selling Of Judge Brett Kavanaugh,” Huffpost US, July 21, 2018. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/4MxBO
- Michael Russell — “Swift Boat Veterans” spokesman in 2004.25Peter Savodnik. “Swift boat group weighs next step,” The Hill, 24, November, 2004. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/UEEze
- Keith Appell — Senior vice president.26Jerry Markon. “Conservative PR Firm That Repped Swift Boat Vets Now Helping Fight Sotomayor,” Washington Post, June 11, 2009. Archived August 18, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/25e34
- Kellyanne Conway — Former contractor.27Jerry Markon. “Conservative PR Firm That Repped Swift Boat Vets Now Helping Fight Sotomayor,” Washington Post, June 11, 2009. Archived August 18, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/25e34
Via LinkedIn
The following people were listed as employees of CRC Public Relations on LinkedIn (this is a partial listing):
- Adam Bromberg — Senior Vice President at CRC Public Relations.
- Alyssa Hackbarth — Account Executive at CRC Public Relations.
- Cameron Spencer
- Caroline Thorman — Communications Director at U.S. House of Representatives.
- Carolyn Bolton — Content Specialist.
- Elizabeth Ray — Vice President of Accounts at CRC Public Relations.
- Eric Ciccone — Media Relations Account Associate at CRC Public Relations.
- Erica Hawksworth — Account Executive at CRC Public Relations.
- Greg Mueller — President at CRC Public Relations.
- Hadley Williams — Digital Marketing.
- Jay Hopkins — Senior Account Manager at CRC Public Relations.
- Jeya Bala — Manager at CRC Public Relations.
- Keith Appell — Senior Vice President at CRC Strategies.
- Leif Noren — Chairman at CRC Public Relations.
- Mari Buttarazzi
- Maria E. Hatzikonstantinou — Vice President of Accounts at CRC Public Relations.
- Matille Thebolt — Senior Account Executive at CRC Public Relations.
- Matthew Martini — Senior Account Executive at CRC Public Relations.
- Michael Russell — Senior Vice President at CRC Public Relations.
- Mike Thompson, Jr. — Senior Vice President at CRC Public Relations.
- Peter Robbio — Senior Vice President at CRC Public Relations.
- Ryan Moy — Senior Account Manager at CRC Public Relations.
- Samantha Azzarelli
- Sarah Jayne Vardian — Digital Account Executive at CRC Public Relations.
- Thomas B.
- Victoria Kucharski — Account Executive at CRC Strategies.
- Virginia Robinson — Digital Specialist at CRC Public Relations.
- William Upton — Account Executive at CRC Public Relations.
Actions
June 2020
E&E News reported an email sent out by CRC public relations “accidentally contained the name of a high-profile client”—Chevron Corp. The email sent out a message urging journalists to look at how green groups were “claiming solidarity” with black protesters while “backing policies which would hurt minority communities.”28Corbin Hiar. “Slip-up reveals Chevron ties to architect of climate attack,” E&E News, June 18, 2020. Archived June 18, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/C3dMl
“Despite this claimed solidarity, environmental organizations, composed of predominantly white members, are backing radical policies like the Green New Deal which would bring particular harm to minority communities,” John Gage of CRC wrote in the email sent to several news outlets including E&E News.29Corbin Hiar. “Slip-up reveals Chevron ties to architect of climate attack,” E&E News, June 18, 2020. Archived June 18, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/C3dMl
The email ended with the line: “If you would rather not receive future communications from Chevron, let us know by clicking here.”30Corbin Hiar. “Slip-up reveals Chevron ties to architect of climate attack,” E&E News, June 18, 2020. Archived June 18, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/C3dMl
Chevron denied involvement in the campaign and said the inclusion of Chevron amounted to a clerical error. Chevron has been a longtime CRC client.31Corbin Hiar. “Slip-up reveals Chevron ties to architect of climate attack,” E&E News, June 18, 2020. Archived June 18, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/C3dMl
The email included quotes from two black conservatives opposing the Green New Deal: Ken Blackwell and Derrick Hollie. Hollie, founder and president of Reaching America, said that CRC had approached him for the campaign.32Corbin Hiar. “Slip-up reveals Chevron ties to architect of climate attack,” E&E News, June 18, 2020. Archived June 18, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/C3dMl
“They was like, ‘Derrick, would you mind being a part of something that we’re working on?’ I said, ‘Absolutely.’ And they asked me to put together a quote,” Hollie said in a phone interview with E&E News.
“I didn’t know what they were going to do with it,” he added. “I figured they were going to put it in an op-ed or something like that.”33Corbin Hiar. “Slip-up reveals Chevron ties to architect of climate attack,” E&E News, June 18, 2020. Archived June 18, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/C3dMl
“Radical policies like the green new deal that raise the cost of driving to work and heating our homes would target the African-American community and … would make us even more vulnerable and marginalized than we already are,” Blackwell said in the email sent by CRC. Blackwell is now an adviser to Trump’s reelection campaign and a senior fellow at the Family Research Council.34Corbin Hiar. “Slip-up reveals Chevron ties to architect of climate attack,” E&E News, June 18, 2020. Archived June 18, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/C3dMl
April 26, 2019
Politico revealed that CRC was behind a publicity campaign to have Trump advisor Stephen Moore appointed governor of the Federal Reserve. Founder of the free-market Club for Growth and a long-time climate science denier, Moore has held positions at a number of Koch-funded conservative thinktanks including the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute and the American Legislative Exchange Council.35Zachary Warmbrodt. “Stephen Moore gets PR firm’s help to ‘manage the media’ in bid to join Fed,” Politico, April 26, 2019. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/8SXCG
September 21, 2018
CRC worked closely with Ed Whelan, president of conservative Washington thinktank the Ethics and Public Policy Center, to stir up anticipation ahead of an attempt by Whelan to discredit Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Politico reports.36Eliana Johnson. “PR firm helped Whelan stoke half-baked Kavanaugh alibi,” Politico, September 21, 2018. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/P0GDw Whelan quickly issued an apology for the unsubstantiated theory and took leave of absence from his post.37Quint Forgey. “Ed Whelan taking ‘leave of absence’ after posting Kavanaugh theory,” Politico, September 23, 2018. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/nlJYL
September 28, 2017
Creative Response Concepts purchased The Polling Company, a public opinion company founded by former Trump campaign manager and White House Advisor Kellyanne Conway,38Kevin McCauley. “CRC Buys Kellyanne Conway’s Firm,” O’Dwyer’s, September 28, 2017. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/6MULL who has a long history of working with CRC. CRC’s president Greg Mueller said in a statement: “The Polling Company is a natural fit for CRC. It is an established brand with a strong reputation among conservatives, Republicans, public policy organizations, corporations and associations.” 39Jerry Markon. “Conservative PR Firm That Repped Swift Boat Vets Now Helping Fight Sotomayor,” Washington Post, June 11, 2009. Archived August 18, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/25e34
2017
CRC “spearheaded a ten-week communications program” for Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch after Gorsuch was nominated by Donald Trump to succeed Antonin Scalia, according to a Washington Post report and its website.40Robert O’Harrow Jr., Shawn Boburg. “A conservative activist’s behind-the-scenes campaign to remake the nation’s courts,” Washington Post, May 21, 2019. Archived June 10, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Related Organizations
- Chevron — current/past client.41Jerry Markon. “Conservative PR Firm That Repped Swift Boat Vets Now Helping Fight Sotomayor,” Washington Post, June 11, 2009. Archived August 18, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/25e34
- Americans for Prosperity — current/past client.42Kevin McCauley. “CRC Buys Kellyanne Conway’s Firm,” O’Dwyer’s, September 28, 2017. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/6MULL#
- Americans for Tax Reform — current/past client.43Kevin McCauley. “CRC Buys Kellyanne Conway’s Firm,” O’Dwyer’s, September 28, 2017. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/6MULL#
- National Conservative Political Action Committee — CRC founder and chairman Leif Noren is former executive director and treasurer. 44Kevin Merida. “THE GOP’S TOWN CRIERS,” Washington Post, July 10, 1997. Archived June 10, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- The Polling Company — CRC purchased in September 2017.45Kevin McCauley. “CRC Buys Kellyanne Conway’s Firm,” O’Dwyer’s, September 28, 2017. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/6MULL#
- Discovery Institute — current/past client.46Cornelia Dean, Laurie Goodstein. “Leading Cardinal Redefines Church’s View on Evolution,” New York Times, July 9, 2005. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/XZ4gn
- Drudge Report — promoted Matt Drudge book.47“Case Studies,” CRC Strategies. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/iqq97
- Ethics and Public Policy Center — worked with EPPC President Ed Whelan in attempt to discredit Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.48Eliana Johnson. “PR firm helped Whelan stoke half-baked Kavanaugh alibi,” Politico, September 21, 2018. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/P0GDw
- The Republican National Committee — current/past client.49Justin Elliott. “Notorious PR Firm That Reps Swift Boaters, Creationists, PhRMA Now Helping Fired IG,” Talking Points Memo, November 20, 2009. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/8hvtY
- National Republican Senatorial Committee — current/past client.50Justin Elliott. “Notorious PR Firm That Reps Swift Boaters, Creationists, PhRMA Now Helping Fired IG,” Talking Points Memo, November 20, 2009. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/8hvtY
- Conservatives for Patients’ Rights — current/past client.51Justin Elliott. “Notorious PR Firm That Reps Swift Boaters, Creationists, PhRMA Now Helping Fired IG,” Talking Points Memo, November 20, 2009. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/8hvtY
- David Freddoso, author of The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media’s Favorite Candidate — current/past client.52Justin Elliott. “Notorious PR Firm That Reps Swift Boaters, Creationists, PhRMA Now Helping Fired IG,” Talking Points Memo, November 20, 2009. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/8hvtY
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) — current/past client.53Justin Elliott. “Notorious PR Firm That Reps Swift Boaters, Creationists, PhRMA Now Helping Fired IG,” Talking Points Memo, November 20, 2009. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/8hvtY
- Gerald Walpin, former inspector general of AmeriCorps who was fired by President Obama — current/past client.54Justin Elliott. “Notorious PR Firm That Reps Swift Boaters, Creationists, PhRMA Now Helping Fired IG,” Talking Points Memo, November 20, 2009. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/8hvtY
- General Motors — current/past client.55Kevin McCauley. “CRC Buys Kellyanne Conway’s Firm,” O’Dwyer’s, September 28, 2017. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/6MULL#
- National Conference of Catholic Bishops — current/past client.56Kevin McCauley. “CRC Buys Kellyanne Conway’s Firm,” O’Dwyer’s, September 28, 2017. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/6MULL#
- National Organization for Marriage — current/past client.57Michael Hobbes. “The Selling Of Judge Brett Kavanaugh,” Huffpost US, July 21, 2018. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/4MxBO
- Family Research Council — current/past client.58Michael Hobbes. “The Selling Of Judge Brett Kavanaugh,” Huffpost US, July 21, 2018. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/4MxBO
- Federalist Society — current/past client.59Michael Hobbes. “The Selling Of Judge Brett Kavanaugh,” Huffpost US, July 21, 2018. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/4MxBO
- Judicial Confirmation Network — current/past client.60Jerry Markon. “Conservative PR Firm That Repped Swift Boat Vets Now Helping Fight Sotomayor,” Washington Post, June 11, 2009. Archived August 18, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/25e34
- The Christian Coalition — current/past client.61Jerry Markon. “Conservative PR Firm That Repped Swift Boat Vets Now Helping Fight Sotomayor,” Washington Post, June 11, 2009. Archived August 18, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/25e34
- Speech First — current/past client.62Daniel Moattar. “The Dark Money Behind Campus Speech Wars,” The Nation, July 9, 2018. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/lYAqC
- National Taxpayers Union — current/past client.63Kate Sheppard. “Are the Swift Boaters Mounting a Stealth Climate Attack?” Mother Jones, January 26, 2010. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/2JHS3
- Free Enterprise Foundation — current/past client.64Kate Sheppard. “Are the Swift Boaters Mounting a Stealth Climate Attack?” Mother Jones, January 26, 2010. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/2JHS3
- American International Automobile Dealers Association — current/past client.65Kate Sheppard. “Are the Swift Boaters Mounting a Stealth Climate Attack?” Mother Jones, January 26, 2010. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/2JHS3
- Corn Refiners Association — current/past client.66Kate Sheppard. “Are the Swift Boaters Mounting a Stealth Climate Attack?” Mother Jones, January 26, 2010. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/2JHS3
- Human Events magazine — current/past client.67Kevin Merida. “THE GOP’S TOWN CRIERS,” Washington Post, July 10, 1997. Archived June 10, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Regnery Publishing — current/past client.68Kevin Merida. “THE GOP’S TOWN CRIERS,” Washington Post, July 10, 1997. Archived June 10, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Contact & Address
According to its website:69“Homepage,” CRC Strategies. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/RlnCR
2850 Eisenhower Avenue
First Floor
Alexandria
Virginia
22314
Social Media
- CRC Public Relations on LinkedIn
- Greg Mueller, president: @gregmcrc on Twitter.
Other Resources
- “CRC Advisors,” SourceWatch.
Resources
- 1Kevin McCauley. “CRC Buys Kellyanne Conway’s Firm,” O’Dwyer’s, September 28, 2017. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/6MULL
- 2Jerry Markon. “Conservative PR Firm That Repped Swift Boat Vets Now Helping Fight Sotomayor,” Washington Post, June 11, 2009. Archived August 18, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/25e34
- 3“Case Studies,” CRC Strategies. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/iqq97
- 4“Crisis Communications,” CRC Strategies. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/5z0ul
- 5“Advocacy,” CRC Strategies. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/iPSy0
- 6“Who we are,” CRC Strategies. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/YQ346
- 7Peter Savodnik. “Swift boat group weighs next step,” The Hill, 24, November, 2004. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/UEEze
- 8Jerry Markon. “Conservative PR Firm That Repped Swift Boat Vets Now Helping Fight Sotomayor,” Washington Post, June 11, 2009. Archived August 18, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/25e34
- 9Michael Hobbes. “The Selling Of Judge Brett Kavanaugh,” Huffpost US, July 21, 2018. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/4MxBO
- 10“MIT Climate scientist says claims of warming are “nonsense,” “irrational,”lead us down false path.” http://ow.ly/USK8C #gop #tcot,” Tweet by November 20, 2015. Archived .png on file at DeSmog.
- 11Kevin Merida. “THE GOP’S TOWN CRIERS,” Washington Post, July 10, 1997. Archived June 10, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 12Adam Clymer. “CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL COMMITTEE EVOKES BOTH FEAR AND ADORATION,” New York Times, May 31, 1981. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/AMypR
- 13Kevin McCauley. “CRC Buys Kellyanne Conway’s Firm,” O’Dwyer’s, September 28, 2017. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/6MULL
- 14Jerry Markon. “Conservative PR Firm That Repped Swift Boat Vets Now Helping Fight Sotomayor,” Washington Post, June 11, 2009. Archived August 18, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/25e34
- 15Cornelia Dean, Laurie Goodstein. “Leading Cardinal Redefines Church’s View on Evolution,” New York Times, July 9, 2005. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/XZ4gn
- 16“Case Studies,” CRC Strategies. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/iqq97
- 17Robert O’Harrow Jr., Shawn Boburg. “A conservative activist’s behind-the-scenes campaign to remake the nation’s courts,” Washington Post, May 21, 2019. Archived June 10, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 18Eliana Johnson. “PR firm helped Whelan stoke half-baked Kavanaugh alibi,” Politico, September 21, 2018. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.is/P0GDw
- 19Quint Forgey. “Ed Whelan taking ‘leave of absence’ after posting Kavanaugh theory,” Politico, September 23, 2018. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/nlJYL
- 20Brooke Binkowski. “Was CRC Public Relations Registered as a Foreign Agent?” Truth or Fiction, September 26, 2018. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/fKJnp
- 21Zachary Warmbrodt. “Stephen Moore gets PR firm’s help to ‘manage the media’ in bid to join Fed,” Politico, April 26, 2019. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/8SXCG
- 22“A strong majority of earth scientists surveyed said that nature is the reason behind any rise in global warming, not humans…” Tweet by @gregmcrc, July 15, 2013. Archived .png on file at DeSmog.
- 23Jerry Markon. “Conservative PR Firm That Repped Swift Boat Vets Now Helping Fight Sotomayor,” Washington Post, June 11, 2009. Archived August 18, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/25e34
- 24Michael Hobbes. “The Selling Of Judge Brett Kavanaugh,” Huffpost US, July 21, 2018. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/4MxBO
- 25Peter Savodnik. “Swift boat group weighs next step,” The Hill, 24, November, 2004. Archived June 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/UEEze
- 26Jerry Markon. “Conservative PR Firm That Repped Swift Boat Vets Now Helping Fight Sotomayor,” Washington Post, June 11, 2009. Archived August 18, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/25e34
- 27Jerry Markon. “Conservative PR Firm That Repped Swift Boat Vets Now Helping Fight Sotomayor,” Washington Post, June 11, 2009. Archived August 18, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/25e34
- 28Corbin Hiar. “Slip-up reveals Chevron ties to architect of climate attack,” E&E News, June 18, 2020. Archived June 18, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/C3dMl
- 29Corbin Hiar. “Slip-up reveals Chevron ties to architect of climate attack,” E&E News, June 18, 2020. Archived June 18, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/C3dMl
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