{"id":1101363,"date":"2021-12-09T05:14:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T10:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1101363"},"modified":"2021-12-09T05:14:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T10:14:11","slug":"meet-the-republican-gubernatorial-candidate-who-founded-a-left-wing-social-justice-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-republican-gubernatorial-candidate-who-founded-a-left-wing-social-justice-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Who Founded a Left-Wing \u2018Social Justice\u2019 Magazine"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fmeet-the-republican-gubernatorial-candidate-who-founded-a-left-wing-social-justice-magazine%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=1101363&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--><div readability=\"29.735384615385\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/\">Politics<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Illinois gubernatorial hopeful Jesse Sullivan distances himself from publication&#8217;s left-wing views<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-08-at-3.04.13-PM-736x500-1.png\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-08-at-3.04.13-PM-e1638993990561.png 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-08-at-3.04.13-PM-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-08-at-3.04.13-PM-1024x696.png 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-08-at-3.04.13-PM-768x522.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-08-at-3.04.13-PM-1400x952.png 1400w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-08-at-3.04.13-PM-722x491.png 722w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tIllinois Republican gubernatorial candidate Jesse Sullivan  (YouTube)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/collin-anderson\/\" title=\"Posts by Collin Anderson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Collin Anderson<\/a> \u2022 December 9, 2021 5:00 am<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"90.981163351417\">\n<p>A venture capitalist running in Illinois&#8217;s Republican gubernatorial primary is a relative newcomer to the right. Fifteen years ago, Jesse Sullivan founded a <a href=\"https:\/\/unewsonline.com\/2006\/04\/newmagazineemphasizessocialjustice\/\"><span>self-described<\/span><\/a> &#8220;social justice&#8221; magazine that has defended riots and abortion.<\/p>\n<p><span>Sullivan, a political neophyte who ran a San Francisco-based nonprofit before launching his gubernatorial bid in early September, founded the magazine <em>One World<\/em> in 2006 while a student at St. Louis University. The publication had financial support from <\/span><span>left-wing groups like the Center for American Progress, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100925191710\/http:\/campusprogress.org\/get_involved\/campus_journalism\/cp-sponsored_media_organizations\/\">goal was to<\/a> &#8220;counter the growing influence of right-wing groups on campus.&#8221; In the years that followed, <em>One World<\/em> published articles <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/oneworldmagslu\/docs\/full_\/4\">dismissing<\/a> riots in Ferguson, Mo., as the work of &#8220;a few troublemakers&#8221; amid &#8220;an entire crowd.&#8221; Four years later, in 2018, the magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/oneworldmagslu\/docs\/2018_spring_oneworld\/8\">expressed support<\/a> for the &#8220;legal right to choose&#8221; to have an abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As the state&#8217;s gubernatorial primary heats up\u2014three other Republicans have already announced their candidacy, with state senator Darren Bailey considered an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=0000017c-4fff-db91-affd-ffffe84f0000\">early favorite<\/a>\u2014Sullivan is distancing himself from the magazine as he charts a campaign whose centerpieces include public safety and the right to life.<\/p>\n<p><span>A Sullivan campaign spokesman told the <\/span><i><span>Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/i> that the Illinois Republican founded the publication &#8220;when he was in college doing humanitarian work,&#8221; though Sullivan remained on <em>One World<\/em>\u2018s masthead as the magazine&#8217;s &#8220;visionary&#8221; long after his graduation. His campaign says that role came with &#8220;zero involvement or editorial oversight.&#8221; At the same time, Sullivan appears to have remained involved with the magazine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/centerforglobalcitizenshipatslu\/photos\/a.528216550627758\/942687109180698\/?type=3\"><span>headlining<\/span><\/a> its <span>10-year anniversary celebration in 2016. A campaign spokesman said he spoke at the event &#8220;as a courtesy.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The suggestion that Jesse agrees with the viewpoints of a magazine he has had nothing to do with, is laughable,&#8221; Sullivan&#8217;s campaign said in a statement. &#8220;Let&#8217;s get back to the issues at hand and leave the cancel culture to the liberals and political hacks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since launching his campaign, Sullivan has voiced a number of views that represent an about face from those expressed in the magazine he founded. He has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/illinois-gubernatorial-candidate-chicago-war-zone\">blasted<\/a> Democrats for turning the city of Chicago into a &#8220;corrupt war zone&#8221; and often <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseSullivanIL\/status\/1442908977000378374\">emphasizes<\/a> the need to &#8220;back the blue,&#8221; or support the police. He has <span>also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseSullivanIL\/status\/1453739993571098626\"><span>rallied supporters<\/span><\/a><span> against the state legislature&#8217;s decision to repeal a 1995 law that required parental notification when a minor child receives an abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I am pro-life, but many of my friends in Illinois that are pro-choice agree that the extreme left has gone too far,&#8221; the candidate said in October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sullivan announced his gubernatorial campaign in September with a $5 million contribution from San Francisco billionaire Chris Larsen. The Silicon Valley angel investor\u2014who also contributed $500,000 to the California Democratic Party and $250,000 to Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s House Majority PAC in 2021\u2014<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/ct-jesse-sullivan-republican-illinois-governor-candidate-20211015-jv32zi25ajah7c4e3aulktqd2q-story.html\"><span>described<\/span><\/a><span> Sullivan as a &#8220;bridge-builder&#8221; who he met through the Illinois resident&#8217;s various Golden State business ventures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition to the $5 million he received from Larsen, Sullivan entered the race with a combined <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/elections.il.gov\/CampaignDisclosure\/ItemizedContributions.aspx?FiledDocID=x0ooNppaEdu1xGotyukNcw%3d%3d&amp;ContributionType=2YAmdxRebQQqctsvHCZ198%2f3abzMbtvHeOGYYfK0I884AkEx74lNcz3lvc4Cs7JKibdJ1GoqCdw%3d&amp;T=637744818693395221\"><span>$5.75 million<\/span><\/a><span> from three California donors, including insurance executive Kevin Taweel, who contributed $4 million.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics Illinois gubernatorial hopeful Jesse Sullivan distances himself from publication&#8217;s left-wing views  Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate Jesse Sullivan (YouTube)  Collin Anderson \u2022 December 9, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"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-1101363","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\/1101363","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1101363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101363\/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=1101363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1101363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1101363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}