Jim Novy Operation Texas, which Jim Novy helped fund. Jim Novy was one of Lyndon B. Johnson's (LBJ) great benefactors. Novy first met LBJ when LBJ was serving as assistant to Congressman Richard Kleberg. They became close when LBJ served as head of the National Youth Administration at the time Novy needed help placing European refugees; this collaboration between LBJ and Novy is referred to as Operation Texas. Novy and LBJ worked closely on many Jewish issues, particularly when LBJ was a senator in the early days of the state of Israel. In 1962, when LBJ was vice-president under John F. Kennedy,
Committee to Defend the President Short. Short was a Republican National Convention delegate in 2016 who pledged support for Trump rival candidate Ted Cruz. In an email to "Reuters" dated April 2016, Short called Trump "a liar" and added that he had "spent thousands of dollars of my own money... to make sure Donald Trump is NOT our nominee." Ted Harvey, a former member of the Colorado Senate, is the chairman of the Committee to Defend the President. Harvey often criticizes “the left and their media allies”, which he has characterized as the "fake news media". The PAC spent more than $6 million throughout 2015