{"id":117223,"date":"2021-02-03T19:25:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T00:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=117223"},"modified":"2021-02-03T19:57:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T00:57:52","slug":"lincoln-project-claims-liz-cheney-could-beat-up-matt-gaetz-with-one-hand-tied-behind-her-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lincoln-project-claims-liz-cheney-could-beat-up-matt-gaetz-with-one-hand-tied-behind-her-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Lincoln Project Claims Liz Cheney Could Beat Up Matt Gaetz \u2018With One Hand Tied Behind Her Back\u2019"},"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\">34<\/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-claims-liz-cheney-could-beat-up-matt-gaetz-with-one-hand-tied-behind-her-back%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=117223&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230843729.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Lincoln Project weighed in on the internal GOP feud between Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Liz Cheney (R-WY) on Wednesday by claiming that Cheney could easily beat Gaetz in a physical fight.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding rumors that they were involved with Cheney\u2019s controversial decision to vote in favor of former President Donald Trump\u2019s second impeachment last month, the anti-Trump super PAC denied such rumors, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/537232-lincoln-project-liz-cheney-would-take-matt-gaetz-in-a-fight-with-one-hand-tied?rl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lincoln Project has had no interaction with Congresswoman Cheney,\u201d the group said in a statement.&nbsp;\u201cThat said, we think she\u2019d take Matt Gaetz in a fight with one hand tied behind her back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is yet another baseless lie being spread by the Jim Crow Caucus and its leader <span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Kevin McCarthy, a man who lives in a rancid bubble of conspiracy, fantasy, and desperation,\u201d the group went on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Apparently referencing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), their statement added: \u201cIt\u2019s telling that Republican leadership spends more time focusing on an imaginary alliance than it does exposing and condemning the QAnon conspiracies being spread by members of their own caucus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Lincoln Project\u2019s snarky, scathing comments come a week after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/matt-gaetz-travels-to-wyoming-rallies-against-liz-cheney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gaetz held a rally in Wyoming<\/a> to oppose the state\u2019s only at-large congresswoman. Cheney stoked the ire of many in her party with her impeachment vote. <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/534908-more-than-half-of-House-GOP-sign-petition-to-debate-resolution-calling-on-Cheney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More than half<\/a> of the House GOP have committed to vote in favor of a resolution to remove Cheney from her position of leadership as conference chair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can you call yourself a representative when you don\u2019t represent the will of the people?\u201d Gaetz asked the crowd of several hundred in Wyoming, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/01\/28\/matt-gaetz-liz-cheney-rally-463582\">Politico<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s what all the neocons ask about the Arab dictators. I figure maybe we ought to ask the same question of a beltway bureaucrat turned fake cow girl that supported an impeachment that is deeply unpopular in the state of Wyoming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth is that the establishment in both political parties have teamed up to screw our fellow Americans for generations,\u201d Gaetz said. \u201cThe private insider club of Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi and Liz Cheney, they want to return our government to its default setting: enriching them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Lincoln Project also recently made headlines when The New York Times published accusations from 21 young men who allege its cofounder, John Weaver, sent them sexually inappropriate messages.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/deplorable-and-predatory-behavior-the-lincoln-project-condemns-cofounder-after-nyt-reports-he-allegedly-sexually-harassed-14-year-old-boy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>John Weaver, a Republican operative who worked on the campaigns of the late Sen.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/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><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/deplorable-and-predatory-behavior-the-lincoln-project-condemns-cofounder-after-nyt-reports-he-allegedly-sexually-harassed-14-year-old-boy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Deplorable And Predatory Behavior\u2019: The Lincoln Project Condemns Cofounder After NYT Reports He Allegedly Sexually Harassed 14-Year-Old Boy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span>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><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lincoln Project weighed in on the internal GOP feud between Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Liz Cheney (R-WY) on Wednesday by claiming that Cheney could easily beat Gaetz in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892599,"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":[5186,3726,4856,3637,4145,4146],"class_list":["post-117223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-beat","tag-cheney","tag-claims","tag-could","tag-lincoln","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\/117223","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=117223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}