{"id":1067527,"date":"2021-11-30T08:14:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T13:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1067527"},"modified":"2021-11-30T08:14:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T13:14:18","slug":"texts-from-cuomo-probe-reveal-what-top-ex-buttigieg-adviser-thought-of-looney-tunes-christine-blasey-ford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texts-from-cuomo-probe-reveal-what-top-ex-buttigieg-adviser-thought-of-looney-tunes-christine-blasey-ford\/","title":{"rendered":"Texts From Cuomo Probe Reveal What Top Ex-Buttigieg Adviser Thought Of \u2018Looney Tunes\u2019 Christine Blasey Ford"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexts-from-cuomo-probe-reveal-what-top-ex-buttigieg-adviser-thought-of-looney-tunes-christine-blasey-ford%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1067527&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New texts messages released from the investigation into former New York Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo show that a top former political adviser to then-Democrat presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg thought that primary accuser of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford, was \u201clooney tunes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Josefa Vel\u00e1squez, senior reporter at The City, caught the message that Lis Smith sent to officials in the Cuomo administration amid the governor\u2019s scramble to save his political career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile former presidential candidate and current Sec. of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was publicly supportive of Christine Blasey Ford, his campaign advisor Lis Smith was calling her \u2018looney tunes and the height of Me Too overreach\u2019 in a text exchange with Cuomo admin officials,\u201d Vel\u00e1squez wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Vel\u00e1squez highlighted a tweet in 2019 from Buttigieg on the matter where Buttigieg wrote: \u201cDr. Christine Blasey Ford is a profile in courage. One year later, I still believe her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While former presidential candidate and current Sec. of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was publicly supportive of Christine Blasey Ford, his campaign advisor Lis Smith was calling her &#8220;looney tunes and the height of Me Too overreach&#8221; in a text exchange with Cuomo admin officials. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yEBqB1hUfR\">https:\/\/t.co\/yEBqB1hUfR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FkP83MWTAp\">pic.twitter.com\/FkP83MWTAp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josefa Vel\u00e1squez (@J__Velasquez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/J__Velasquez\/status\/1465372348983480333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecity.nyc\/2021\/11\/29\/22809162\/andrew-cuomo-smear-team-brother-advisers\">report<\/a> noted that Smith was a former strategist that worked on Cuomo\u2019s 2018 campaign and alleged that she played a role in defending Cuomo against allegations that were being made against him and attacking women who went public.<\/p>\n<p>The City added:<\/p>\n<p><em>In text messages to senior advisers and allies, Smith bragged that MSNBC host Katy Tur was using her talking points about Cuomo live on air.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m texting w Katy Tur,\u201d Smith wrote to the group. \u201cKaty is saying my spin live. Like verbatim.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Smith and the group appraised how the story was moving in a favorable direction after the governor held his first press briefing in March in which he said he was embarrassed and apologetic, but would not resign.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Smith was hesitant for the public to know about her involvement in helping the governor and his team, telling Cuomo\u2019s advisers it would be bad for her \u201ccredibility\u201d to answer a reporter\u2019s question.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt was a big national story, you know, big fire storm and it was not something that I felt like I needed to be in the middle of,\u201d she told investigators. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere\u2019s a big difference between being in the middle of it and behind the scenes and being in the middle of it in a newspaper. So I do think that\u2019s different.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The report shed further light on the alleged role that CNN host Chris Cuomo played in defending his brother during the height of the scandal which has led to calls by some for him to be removed from the network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChris Cuomo pressed to take on a greater role in crafting his brother\u2019s defense, including phoning into strategy calls and using his media contacts to keep tabs on reporters pursuing stories about the governor,\u201d The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/29\/nyregion\/chris-cuomo-andrew-cuomo-sexual-harassment.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cAt one point, he even ran down a secondhand tip that another woman accusing the governor of unwanted advances at a wedding was lying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/christine-blasey-fords-dad-supported-kavanaugh-ryan-saavedra\">Christine Blasey Ford\u2019s Dad Supported Kavanaugh After She Made Accusation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New texts messages released from the investigation into former New York Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo show that a top former political adviser to then-Democrat presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg thought that primary accuser of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford, was \u201clooney tunes.\u201dJosefa Vel\u00e1squez, senior reporter at The City, caught the message that Lis Smith sent to officials in the Cuomo administration amid the governor\u2019s scramble to save his political career.\u201cWhile former presidential candidate and current Sec. of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was publicly supportive of Christine Blasey Ford, his campaign advisor Lis Smith was calling her \u2018looney tunes and the height of Me Too overreach\u2019 in a text exchange with Cuomo admin officials,\u201d Vel\u00e1squez wrote.Vel\u00e1squez highlighted a tweet in 2019 from Buttigieg on the matter where Buttigieg wrote: \u201cDr. Christine Blasey Ford is a profile in courage. One year later, I still believe her.\u201dWhile former presidential candidate and current Sec. of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was publicly supportive of Christine Blasey Ford, his campaign advisor Lis Smith was calling her &#8220;looney tunes and the height of Me Too overreach&#8221; in a text exchange with Cuomo admin officials. https:\/\/t.co\/yEBqB1hUfR pic.twitter.com\/FkP83MWTAp\u2014 Josefa Vel\u00e1squez (@J__Velasquez) November 29, 2021The report noted that Smith was a former strategist that worked on Cuomo\u2019s 2018 campaign and alleged that she played a role in defending Cuomo against allegations that were being made against him and attacking women who went public.The City added:In text messages to senior advisers and allies, Smith bragged that MSNBC host Katy Tur was using her talking points about Cuomo live on air.\u201cI\u2019m texting w Katy Tur,\u201d Smith wrote to the group. \u201cKaty is saying my spin live. Like verbatim.\u201dSmith and the group appraised how the story was moving in a favorable direction after the governor held his first press briefing in March in which he said he was embarrassed and apologetic, but would not resign.Smith was hesitant for the public to know about her involvement in helping the governor and his team, telling Cuomo\u2019s advisers it would be bad for her \u201ccredibility\u201d to answer a reporter\u2019s question.\u201cIt was a big national story, you know, big fire storm and it was not something that I felt like I needed to be in the middle of,\u201d she told investigators. \u201cThere\u2019s a big difference between being in the middle of it and behind the scenes and being in the middle of it in a newspaper. So I do think that\u2019s different.\u201dThe report shed further light on the alleged role that CNN host Chris Cuomo played in defending his brother during the height of the scandal which has led to calls by some for him to be removed from the network.\u201cChris Cuomo pressed to take on a greater role in crafting his brother\u2019s defense, including phoning into strategy calls and using his media contacts to keep tabs on reporters pursuing stories about the governor,\u201d The New York Times reported. \u201cAt one point, he even ran down a secondhand tip that another woman accusing the governor of unwanted advances at a wedding was lying.\u201dRelated: Christine Blasey Ford\u2019s Dad Supported Kavanaugh After She Made AccusationThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1067527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1067527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1067527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1067527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1067527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}