Democrat Dark-Money Group Lies About Healthcare

Opportunity Wisconsin, a dark-money group, which only exists on paper as an alias used by the North Fund, backed by George Soros, is once again fear mongering and lying to Wisconsinites.

The ads targeting Congressman Derrick Van Orden and Bryan Steil specifically lie about Republican efforts to strengthen and protect Medicaid for the most vulnerable populations. 

“Democrats have no winning message so they lie and fear monger through dark money groups.” – NRCC Spokesman Zach Bannon

Of note, Rebecca Cooke served on the steering committee for Opportunity Wisconsin and has raked in nearly $200k as a Democrat political consultant. 

Read more from Washington Examiner here or see excerpts below:

Wisconsin group running ad campaign alleged arm of liberal dark money giant
Robert Schmad
Washington Examiner
January 29, 2026

An organization called Opportunity Wisconsin is running a seven-figure ad campaign to unseat Reps. Bryan Steil (R-WI) and Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) in November. While the group maintains that it is a “coalition of Wisconsin residents,” corporate records show that it is a trade name for the North Fund, a massive Democrat-aligned dark money group based in the nation’s capital.

A trade name is an alias adopted and used by an entity that differs from its legal name, but under which it can still conduct business. “Opportunity Wisconsin,” thus, is one of the aliases under which the North Fund can operate.

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The most recent ad, targeting Steil, hones in on his support for changes to state medical care access, accusing him of fighting to cut Medicaid to fund tax breaks.

“In Wisconsin, work requirements for able-bodied, childless adults of working age help protect programs for those they were designed for, pregnant women, children, and disabled Americans,” Steil told the Washington Examiner. “Eligible children in Wisconsin will continue to receive full access to the health coverage they need. These shadowy groups are spreading misinformation because they believe able-bodied, childless adults should be able to collect taxpayer-funded benefits without working — something 80% of Wisconsin families oppose.”

Oddly, Opportunity Wisconsin has not been filing independent expenditure reports with the Federal Election Commission, further obscuring the scope of its activities and who it’s paying to commission the ads.

“Individuals, groups, corporations, and labor organizations that make independent expenditures must disclose them quarterly on Form 5 and also as required on 24-hour and 48-hour reports,” according to the FEC.

Opportunity Wisconsin and the North Fund did not respond to requests for comment.