{"id":115579,"date":"2021-02-02T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=115579"},"modified":"2021-02-02T10:12:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T15:12:00","slug":"the-lincoln-project-shares-personnel-address-with-liberal-election-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-lincoln-project-shares-personnel-address-with-liberal-election-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lincoln Project Shares Personnel, Address With Liberal Election Groups"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fthe-lincoln-project-shares-personnel-address-with-liberal-election-groups%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=115579&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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1186134218_736x514-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"447\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Lincoln Project, the group of former Republican operatives who set their sights on Donald Trump,\u00a0says it supports principled conservatism.\u00a0But the group shares outside personnel, an address, and a number of donors\u00a0with progressive groups.<\/p>\n<p>Records show the group&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00725820\/1429178\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">custodian<\/a>\u00a0of records, Melissa Nissen, is also the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dos.elections.myflorida.com\/committees\/ComDetail.asp?account=75129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">treasurer<\/a>\u00a0of Forward Majority,\u00a0a progressive group that works on state races, as well as the managing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/capitolcompliance.com\/cpt_team\/melissa-nissen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">director<\/a>\u00a0of Capitol Compliance, a financial management firm that receives\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&amp;recipient_name=capitol+compliance&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2020&amp;min_date=01%2F01%2F2019&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">large sums<\/a>\u00a0from liberal committees.\u00a0In addition, the Lincoln Project shares a Washington, D.C., post office box with Forward Majority and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wedefendthevote.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defend the Vote<\/a>, a progressive voting group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">It also has explicit ties to Democratic leadership.\u00a0The Lincoln Project&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?committee_id=C00725820&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2020&amp;data_type=processed\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?committee_id%3DC00725820%26two_year_transaction_period%3D2020%26data_type%3Dprocessed&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612299458385000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEXKYJCWlw9ujagKxTRdxVPkrul0Q\">top donors<\/a>\u00a0include two groups aligned with<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.)\u2014the dark money nonprofit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/2020-election\/schumers-dark-money-group-increased-election-spending-by-825-in-2020-cycle\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/2020-election\/schumers-dark-money-group-increased-election-spending-by-825-in-2020-cycle\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612299458385000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFMbQQ_QB_UUmyFKCpUm6ufmW-JCg\">Majority Forward<\/a>\u00a0and the Senate Majority PAC.\u00a0Combined, both groups\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&amp;committee_id=C00725820&amp;contributor_name=C00484642&amp;contributor_name=Majority+Forward&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2020\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type%3Dprocessed%26committee_id%3DC00725820%26contributor_name%3DC00484642%26contributor_name%3DMajority%2BForward%26two_year_transaction_period%3D2020&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612299458385000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEOFfNUPJzOiD7ZFyozo2kaQ7IYrg\">showered<\/a>\u00a0the Lincoln Project with nearly $2 million in cash.\u00a0The Lincoln Project, in turn, didn&#8217;t just attack Trump but also\u00a0Republican Senate candidates, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00725820\/1485854\/se\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00725820\/1485854\/se&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612299458385000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHCA8GwrT67mTIKa_UHwxbRHGaZ8Q\">Kelly Loeffler<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00725820\/1483873\/se\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00725820\/1483873\/se&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612299458385000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFtIz64b_M4bY6FRnzFDVB_Q21Qwg\">David Perdue<\/a>\u00a0in the Georgia runoff elections.\u00a0When Loeffler and Perdue lost, control of the Senate flipped to Schumer and the Democrats.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Democratic megadonors, such as hedge fund manager Stephen Mandel and Hollywood music mogul David Geffen, have written checks for the Lincoln Project. The group has also received\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&amp;committee_id=C00725820&amp;contributor_name=sixteen+thirty&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2020&amp;min_date=01%2F01%2F2019&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">six-figures<\/a>\u00a0in donations through the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a liberal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/dem-dark-money-network-rakes-in-715-million-to-bankroll-liberal-causes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dark money incubator<\/a>\u00a0managed by Arabella Advisors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Politics<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0 \">\n<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/the-lincoln-project-shares-personnel-address-with-liberal-election-groups\/\"><strong>The Lincoln Project Shares Personnel, Address With Liberal Election Groups<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/lincoln-project-disarray\/\"><strong>Lincoln Project Rocked by Trumpian Levels of Scandal, Disarray<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/cuomo-nursing-home-death\/\"><strong>&#8216;Who Cares?&#8217;: Cuomo Channels Hillary in Response to Damning Report on NY Nursing Home Deaths<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;The Lincoln Project is fully integrated into the infrastructure of Democratic Party politics,&#8221; said Joe Gierut, communications director for America Rising, which has criticized the Lincoln Project&#8217;s activities. &#8220;Its donors are the same. Its vendors are the same. Its goals are the same. Anyone denying that the Lincoln Project is not a Democrat front group is kidding themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The group was heralded last year for its ability to get under Trump&#8217;s skin but now faces a public relations crisis following reports that its cofounder, John Weaver, sexually propositioned young men online.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Weaver has been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/lincoln-project-co-founder-accused-172800101.html\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/lincoln-project-co-founder-accused-172800101.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612299458385000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHCR9Gr7UqOGHj-FbgtRjEmZamnUg\">accused<\/a>\u00a0of &#8220;exploiting his power&#8221; by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/31\/us\/politics\/john-weaver-lincoln-project-harassment.html\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/31\/us\/politics\/john-weaver-lincoln-project-harassment.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612299458385000&amp;usg=AFQjCNELd6b-jO-UE8NJ5v3VksmN_SY_xQ\">sending<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;unsolicited and sexually\u00a0provocative&#8221; messages to young men on the internet, including a 14-year-old boy. The young men, who wanted to get into politics, said they felt preyed upon by Weaver.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Steve Schmidt, another cofounder of the Lincoln Project, said that members were aware of Weaver&#8217;s potential involvement with men last summer, but that there was no indication it was inappropriate at the time. Weaver is no longer affiliated with the group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Lincoln Project has also received scrutiny for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/news\/2020\/05\/lincoln-project-capitalizes-on-trump-rage\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/news\/2020\/05\/lincoln-project-capitalizes-on-trump-rage\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612299458386000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGqn8LryBOiiEmb7onzXpHkks120Q\">funneling<\/a>\u00a0more than a million dollars in donations\u00a0to its board members and firms run by them. Large amounts have been passed to Summit Strategic Communications, a firm run by Lincoln Project treasurer Reed Galen. Tusk Digital, which is run by Lincoln Project adviser Ron Steslow, has also received hundreds of thousands in cash from the super PAC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Lincoln Project did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/the-lincoln-project-shares-personnel-address-with-liberal-election-groups\/\">The Lincoln Project Shares Personnel, Address With Liberal Election Groups<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lincoln Project, the group of former Republican operatives who set their sights on Donald Trump,\u00a0says it supports principled conservatism.\u00a0But the group shares outside personnel, an address, and a number &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892446,"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":[4795,4145,4792,4146,4790,3635],"class_list":["post-115579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-address","tag-lincoln","tag-personnel","tag-project","tag-shares","tag-with"],"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\/115579","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=115579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}