{"id":114444,"date":"2021-01-31T15:59:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T20:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=114444"},"modified":"2021-01-31T16:12:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T21:12:03","slug":"deplorable-and-predatory-behavior-the-lincoln-project-condemns-cofounder-after-nyt-reports-he-allegedly-sexually-harassed-14-year-old-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deplorable-and-predatory-behavior-the-lincoln-project-condemns-cofounder-after-nyt-reports-he-allegedly-sexually-harassed-14-year-old-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Deplorable And Predatory Behavior\u2019: The Lincoln Project Condemns Cofounder After NYT Reports He Allegedly Sexually Harassed 14-Year-Old Boy"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fdeplorable-and-predatory-behavior-the-lincoln-project-condemns-cofounder-after-nyt-reports-he-allegedly-sexually-harassed-14-year-old-boy%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=114444&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>The Lincoln Project disavowed its cofounder on Sunday after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/31\/us\/politics\/john-weaver-lincoln-project-harassment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a> interviewed 21 young men who alleged that he sent them sexually inappropriate messages, including one who was 14 years old at the time.<\/p>\n<p>John Weaver, a Republican operative who worked on the campaigns of the late Sen.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">John McCain (R-AZ) and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, allegedly used his power and influence to pressure young men to perform sexual favors, according to a report broken by journalist Ryan Girdusky at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/the-lincoln-projects-predator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The American Conservative<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/john-weaver-former-mccain-aide-acknowledges-inappropriate-messages-32de0ee5-bf9d-4574-945c-bc0ef4777b81.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Axios<\/a> later picked up the story, prompting Weaver to issue a statement coming out as gay and acknowledging sending unsolicited and inappropriate messages to young men.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor too long I have tried to live a life that wasn\u2019t completely true, where I cleaved off an important part of myself in order to maintain what I thought was happiness and normalcy in the other part. I was lying [to] myself, to my family who gave me nothing but unconditional love, and to others, causing a great deal of pain to all,\u201d Weaver said. \u201cThe truth is that I\u2019m gay. And I have a wife and two kids who[m] I love. My inability to reconcile those two truths has led to this agonizing place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to blame Trump supporters for smearing him, writing, &#8220;While I am taking full responsibility for the inappropriate messages and conversations, I want to state clearly that the other smears being leveled at me by Donald Trump\u2019s enablers as a way to get back at the Lincoln Project for our principled stand for democracy are categorically false and outrageous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">The leaders of the anti-Trump group\u00a0said only that &#8220;John&#8217;s statement speaks for itself&#8221; in response to the Axios story. On Sunday,\u00a0<\/span>however, they distanced themselves from Weaver after The New York Times published allegations from 21 young men, including\u00a0Cole Trickle Miele, who claimed he was 14 years old when the private Twitter messages from Weaver started.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I remember being a 14-year-old kid interested in politics and being semi-starstruck by John Weaver engaging in a conversation with me,&#8221; Trickle Miele said.<\/p>\n<p>The Lincoln Project said in their statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>John Weaver led a secret life that was built on a foundation of deception at every level. He is a predator, a liar, and an abuser. We extend our deepest sympathies to those who were targeted by his deplorable and predatory behavior. We are disgusted and outraged that someone in a position of power and trust would use it for these means.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The totality of his deceptions are beyond anything any of us could have imagined and we are absolutely sickened by it. Like so many, we have been betrayed and deceived by John Weaver. We are grateful beyond words that at no time was John Weaver in the physical presence of any member of The Lincoln Project.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Lincoln Project today released the following statement. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k9QkUsiFO5\">pic.twitter.com\/k9QkUsiFO5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProjectLincoln\/status\/1355921549753262083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/twitter-bug-kept-users-searching-lincoln-project-sexual-misconduct-allegations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter Says \u2018Bug\u2019 Kept Users From Searching \u2018The Lincoln Project\u2019 Amid Co-Founder\u2019s Sexual Misconduct Allegations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lincoln Project disavowed its cofounder on Sunday after The New York Times interviewed 21 young men who alleged that he sent them sexually inappropriate messages, including one who was &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892313,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4385,4388,4386,4145,4383,4146],"class_list":["post-114444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-behavior","tag-cofounder","tag-condemns","tag-lincoln","tag-predatory","tag-project"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114444","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}