{"id":115219,"date":"2021-02-01T10:42:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T15:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=115219"},"modified":"2021-02-01T18:27:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T23:27:09","slug":"lincoln-project-disavows-co-founder-amid-reports-he-sent-sexually-explicit-messages-to-multiple-young-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lincoln-project-disavows-co-founder-amid-reports-he-sent-sexually-explicit-messages-to-multiple-young-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Lincoln Project disavows co-founder amid reports he sent sexually explicit messages to multiple young men"},"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\">30<\/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%2Flincoln-project-disavows-co-founder-amid-reports-he-sent-sexually-explicit-messages-to-multiple-young-men%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=115219&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><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/JOHN-WEAVER-350x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2363953\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2363953\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2363953 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/JOHN-WEAVER.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2363953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Weaver is shown in 2016. (Photo by Charles Krupa\/AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>\nUPDATED 3:15 PM PT \u2013 Monday, February 1, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Members of the Lincoln Project have broken their silence amid reports that one of their married founders sent sexually explicit messages to young men, including a minor.<\/p>\n<p>The anti-Trump group formally disavowed co-founder John Weaver following a New York Times report that alleged he harassed as many as 21 men online.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This statement by the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProjectLincoln?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ProjectLincoln<\/a> is an absolute lie. <\/p>\n<p>Members did know. Young men approached them about the accusations. Members knew I was writing the story and warned John Weaver <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BZms5iLgpL\">pic.twitter.com\/BZms5iLgpL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanGirdusky\/status\/1355921510532325376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One of the victims was just 14 when Weaver began soliciting him.<\/p>\n<p>George Conway, husband of Kellyanne Conway and another co-founder of the Lincoln Project, appeared on MSNBC Monday. He distanced himself from Weaver and alleged he only spoke to him on the phone a handful of times.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s terrible and awful and appalling and unfathomable. I didn&#8217;t know John very well, I frankly only spoke to him a couple times on the phone early on in the Lincoln Project,&#8221; Conway stated. &#8220;I don&#8217;t even know what to say, it&#8217;s just terrible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC also came under fire for booking members of the project for interviews 17 times after the story broke in early January.<\/p>\n<p>The scandal was never brought up once in any of those interviews.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democrats own the minor-grooming <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProjectLincoln?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ProjectLincoln<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve spent millions attacking Republicans and take credit for the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>When will President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a>, VP <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KamalaHarris<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerPelosi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaderHoyer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeaderHoyer<\/a> and the rest of the Democrats denounce accused child predators?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marjorie Taylor Greene \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@mtgreenee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtgreenee\/status\/1356324062973353992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wikipedia locked both the Lincoln Project and John Weaver&#8217;s Wiki pages before any mention of the scandal could be added.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/israel-kosovo-establish-mutual-diplomatic-ties\/\">Israel, Kosovo Establish Mutual Diplomatic Ties<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Weaver is shown in 2016. 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