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Republican “Liberty Cross” Medal Mimics Nazi Award

Nazi’s and Liberty. An odd pair. 

The American Political Action Committee (AmeriPAC), a Bellevue, Washington-based organization that says it is focused on electing “conservative, freedom-oriented candidates to public office”, is offering  supporters a Liberty Cross Award Medal.[1] The medal , which features a bust of President Trump, bears an uncanny resemblance to a bronze Nazi War Merit Cross featuring a swastika.

Liberty Cross Award Medal Nazi War Merit Cross

  AmeriPAC emails tell recipients that those who have earned the Liberty Cross Award Medal have demonstrated: 

🔷 VALOR in the defense of truth
🔷 LOYALTY to the America-First mission
🔷 STRENGTH in standing with President Trump against the Radical Left

To receive their medal, all awardees have to do is fill out a short survey and make a donation of $10 or more. The message to me included a pre-checked box to make my contribution a monthly recurring donation.

The survey questions, reminiscent of the “loyalty questionnaire” administered by the US Government to Japanese Nikkei citizens and immigrants being held in WWII concentration camps, include:

  1. Are you a steadfast patriot, who shows VALOR in the defense of truth?
  2. Do you pledge LOYALTY to the America-First mission?
  3. Do you STAND with President Trump against the Radical Left and all their plots and schemes?
  4. Do you LOVE President Trump and all that he is doing to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN?  

“At AmeriPAC, we want to personally restore our country for freedom-loving patriots like you,” the medal appeal says. 

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) lists two similarly named fundraising committees: (1) AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICA, formed in 1992 to help elect Democratic leaders to the United States Congress.  ID: C00271338; (2) The American Political Action Committee (AmeriPAC) Registered with the Federal Election Commission on August 24, 1980. ID: C99002396. 

The second PAC is the one awarding the Liberty Cross Award Medal. According to the FEC, this PAC has raised $2,399,916.53 and spent $1,446,308.76 in the first three-quarters of 2025. Almost all of its spending has gone towards fundraising. 

About 41% of the money spent on fundraising, $595,618.82, went to Red Spark Strategy, a Republican-leaning Arlington, VA.-based digital consulting and marketing agency. Another 11.05%, $159,876.80 , went to Frontline Strategies LLC and 10.63%, $153,726.29, went to Better Mousterap Digital LLC. 

[1] A War Merit Cross Second Class without Swords. (Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse ohne Schwertern). Instituted October 18th, 1939 (1939-1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, with a fixed loop and ring for suspension, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika.