314 Action has stated they inspired by
EMILY's List, a progressive, pro-abortion PAC that heavily contributed to
Hillary Clinton's
failed 2016 bid for president raising at least
$60,000,000 for her campaign.[1] 314 Action's founder, Shaughnessy Naughton, stated she founded the group due to her worry about the election of
Donald Trump and Trump's refusal to name any
climate change experts to his cabinet, claiming that Trump is "anti-science."[1] The express goal of 314 Action is to increase the number of
STEM educated Democrats elected to public office.[2][1] 314 Action has explicitly stated that they will only support Democrats, and will refuse to work with or contribute to any Republican, due to the Democrats supporting
green politics stating “We felt we had to pick a team” and that science is not above politics because "politics is not above bringing itself into science."[1]
314 Action has stated their goal in 2020 was to "shame" Republicans who did not take the
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States seriously, either for refusing mask mandates or social distancing.[a][b][5] Namely, the PAC targeted donors to
Ron DeSantis,
Mike DeWine, and
Greg Abbott to "shame" them for supporting candidates that did not take COVID-19 lockdowns and mandatory vaccinations seriosuly.[5]
^Social Distancing was confirmed to not have been an effective method for stopping the spread of COVID-19 in several 2022 reports which stated that the effort was more to ensure that hospitals where not overloaded by reducing the number of patients at any given time.[3]
^Reports in 2023 concluded that there was little to no difference in the infection rate of individuals who wore masks versus those who didn't.[4]