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Conservative Group Launches 'Dump The Leadership' Campaign To Oust GOP Leaders

Conservative Group Launches 'Dump The Leadership' Campaign To Oust GOP Leaders
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Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, leaves the chamber Thursday evening Dec. 12, 2013, as the House holds final votes before leaving for the holiday recess, at the Capitol in Washington. Battle-fatigued and suddenly bipartisan, the House voted Thursday night to ease across-the-board federal spending cuts and head off future government shutdowns, acting after Speaker John Boehner unleashed a stinging attack on tea party-aligned conservative groups campaigning for the measure's defeat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

ForAmerica, a conservative nonprofit group, told CNN Tuesday that it will push to get rid of the Republican party's current leadership team in Congress with a petition and digital advertisements.

"Time and again, year after year, the Republican leadership in the House and Senate has come to grassroots conservatives, and Tea Party supporters pleading for our money, our volunteers, our time, our energy and our votes," ForAmerica Chairman Brent Bozell said in a statement to CNN. "In return they have repeatedly promised not just to stop the liberal assault on our freedoms and our national treasury, but to advance our conservative agenda. It's been years. There is not a single conservative accomplishment this so-called 'leadership' can point to."

The group told CNN that they will run digital ads targeting House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), as well as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Minority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas).

Concurrent to the ads is a petition push on the group's Facebook page and website.

ForAmerica rallied against the Affordable Care Act last September along with Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.).

The Wall Street Journal reported in December that the House's Republican leadership aims to discipline the party's more conservative members and achieve consensus on legislation ahead of this year's elections.

ForAmerica did not return a request for comment as to which members they'd prefer to have leading the party in Congress.

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Before You Go

Tea Party Casualties
Mike Castle(01 of07)
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Tea Party insurgent Christine O'Donnell defeated GOP establishment candidate Mike Castle in Delaware's Republican Senate primary in 2010. O'Donnell lost in the state's general election contest to Democratic Sen. Chris Coons. (credit:AP)
Richard Lugar(02 of07)
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After serving six terms in the Senate, Indiana Republican Richard Lugar was defeated by Tea Party-backed Richard Mourdock in a primary contest in the 2012 election season. (credit:AP)
Bob Bennett(03 of07)
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Former Sen. Bob Bennett was ousted from his post at the 2010 Utah GOP Convention. Tea Party-backed Sen. Mike Lee currently holds Bennett's old seat. (credit:Getty)
Lisa Murkowski(04 of07)
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Before winning another term in the 2010 midterm election, Sen. Lisa Murkowski was defeated by Tea Party-backed Joe Miller in Alaska's race for the Republican Senate nomination. Murkowski mounted a successful write-in campaign to keep her seat. (credit:AP)
Sue Lowden(05 of07)
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Tea Party-backed Sharron Angle crushed GOP establishment pick Sue Lowden's political ambitions in Nevada's GOP Senate primary in 2010. Angle proved unsuccessful in her bid to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the general election. (credit:Getty)
Jane Norton(06 of07)
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GOP establishment candidate Jane Norton was defeated by Tea Party-backed Ken Buck in Colorado's 2010 Senate GOP primary. Buck ultimately proved unsuccessful in his bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet. (credit:AP)
Charlie Crist(07 of07)
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Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who ran for Senate as an independent after beginning his campaign as a Republican in 2010, ultimately fell short in his political operation. Tea Party-backed Marco Rubio defeated Christ and Democrat Kendrick Meek in Florida's Senate general election match-up. (credit:AP)
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