CRC Advisors (CRC) (formerly known as Creative Response Concepts Public Relations) is an American

public relations Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. ...

firm. In 2018, ''Politico'' wrote that CRC was best known for its work with the

Swift Vets and POWs for Truth Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, formerly known as the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT), was a political group (527 group) of United States Swift boat veterans and former prisoners of war of the Vietnam War, formed during the 2004 president ...

in the 2004 presidential election. ''Politico'' said the company "has long been the go-to communications firm for conservative organizations in Washington and across the country." CRC has lobbied against

climate change mitigation Climate change mitigation is action to limit climate change by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases or removing those gases from the atmosphere. The recent rise in global average temperature is mostly caused by emissions from fossil fuels bu ...

policies. Clients of the company have included the

Federalist Society The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies (abbreviated as FedSoc) is an American conservative and libertarian legal organization that advocates for a textualist and originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. Headquarter ...

, the Concord Fund and

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History

CRC was founded in 1989 by Leif E. Noren, a former executive director of the

National Conservative Political Action Committee The National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC; pronounced "nick-pack"), based in Alexandria, Virginia, was a New Right political action committee in the United States that was a major contributor to the ascendancy of conservative Re ...

. Its longtime president was Greg Mueller, who in 2020 founded an affiliated firm CRC Advisors with

Leonard Leo Leonard A. Leo (born 1965) is an American lawyer and conservative legal activist. He was the longtime vice president of the Federalist Society and is currently, along with Steven G. Calabresi, the co-chairman of the organization's board of direct ...

. By 2022, that organization was compensated $18 million by

The 85 Fund The 85 Fund, also known as the Honest Elections Project, and formerly known as the Judicial Education Project, is a 501(c)(3) organization based in Washington D.C. The 85 Fund was “inspired by” Arabella Advisors, a for-profit liberal group fo ...

and the Concord Fund, which fund Leo's network. Mueller was the communications director for the unsuccessful presidential campaigns of

Pat Buchanan Patrick Joseph Buchanan (; born November 2, 1938) is an American paleoconservative political commentator, columnist, politician, and broadcaster. Buchanan was an assistant and special consultant to U.S. Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, ...

in 1992 and 1996. In 1994, CRC was hired by Newt Gingrich's

Contract with America The Contract with America was a legislative agenda advocated for by the Republican Party during the 1994 congressional election campaign. Written by Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey, and in part using text from former President Ronald Reagan's 198 ...

effort. CRC was hired by the

Discovery Institute The Discovery Institute (DI) is a politically conservative non-profit think tank based in Seattle, Washington, that advocates the pseudoscientific concept Article available froUniversiteit Gent/ref> of intelligent design (ID). It was founde ...

during the ''

Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District ''Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District'', 400 F. Supp. 2d 707 (M.D. Pa. 2005) was the first direct challenge brought in the United States federal courts testing a public school district policy that required the teaching of intelligent design, ...

'' trial over teaching

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in public schools. In 2006, they were retained to help promote the 2006 film ''

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'' directed by

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. The company was hired to promote ''

The Case Against Barack Obama ''The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate'', by author David Freddoso, is a bestselling book published in late 2008, providing a critical examination of the life and opinions of the t ...

,'' a 2008 book written by

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and published by

Regnery Publishing Regnery Publishing is a politically conservative book publisher based in Washington, D.C. The company was founded by Henry Regnery in 1947, and is now a division of radio broadcaster Salem Media Group. It is led by President & Publisher Thomas ...

.Martin, Jonathan
"First Obama attack book in the works"
news article (Martin also has a blog), ''The Politico'', June 23, 2008, retrieved August 15, 2008 CRC advocated on behalf of Supreme Court justice nominee

Neil Gorsuch Neil McGill Gorsuch ( ; born August 29, 1967) is an American lawyer and judge who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Donald Trump on January 31, 2017, and has served sinc ...

. In 2018, CRC was involved in pushing unsubstantiated allegations made by activist Edward Whelan that the sexual assault accuser of Supreme Court justice nominee

Brett Kavanaugh Brett Michael Kavanaugh ( ; born February 12, 1965) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Donald Trump on July 9, 2018, and has served since ...

had confused Kavanaugh with someone who allegedly looked like Kavanaugh. In 2018, CRC's clients included the

and the Judicial Crisis Network. In 2019, CRC helped promote conservative pundit Stephen Moore's nomination to serve on the

Federal Reserve Board The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, commonly known as the Federal Reserve Board, is the main governing body of the Federal Reserve System. It is charged with overseeing the Federal Reserve Banks and with helping implement the m ...

. The firm is closely associated with the conservative activist

. In 2021, CRC represented the

Media Research Center The Media Research Center (MRC), formerly known as Culture and Media Institute (CMI), is an American conservative content analysis and media watchdog group based in Reston, Virginia, and founded in 1987 by L. Brent Bozell III. The CMI promot ...

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.crcstrategies.com * Boehlert, Eric (September 10, 2004)
Swift Boat flacks attack CBS.

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Public relations companies of the United States

History

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