The group has taken heat from both Democrats and Republicans in previous elections. A 2000 school choice ad was called "racist or race-baiting in intent" by the Republican National Committee and denounced as "inappropriate" by George W. Bush's presidential campaign. The ad featured a white parent complaining that his child's public school was "a bit more diversity" than he could handle.

Some of the PAC's most controversial ads were the work of its late founder Richard Nadler, who died in 2009. Donelson said in 2014 that while the language of the ads has been toned down since then, the message remains the same.

Records show the group's largest funder is Richard Uihlein, CEO of the Uline shipping supply company headquartered in Pleasant Prairie.

Uihlein, a major tea party and GOP donor throughout the country, has given America's PAC more than $3 million since the 2012 election. He gave the group $500,000 of the $520,000 it raised last year.

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