{"id":1465062,"date":"2022-05-05T12:30:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1465062"},"modified":"2022-05-05T12:30:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:30:52","slug":"ohio-dems-spokeswoman-has-terse-response-to-lincoln-projects-offer-to-help-defeat-jd-vance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-dems-spokeswoman-has-terse-response-to-lincoln-projects-offer-to-help-defeat-jd-vance\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Dem\u2019s Spokeswoman Has Terse Response To Lincoln Project\u2019s Offer To Help Defeat JD Vance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fohio-dems-spokeswoman-has-terse-response-to-lincoln-projects-offer-to-help-defeat-jd-vance%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=1465062&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1240433455.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Ohio Senate candidate Tim Ryan\u2019s spokesperson tersely declined the Lincoln Project\u2019s offer to help the Democrat defeat Republican J.D. Vance in the November election.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial PAC, formed by once and former Republicans to stop Donald Trump\u2019s re-election, has broadened its opposition to Republicans across the nation, including mainstream Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Its offer to help Democrats in the Buckeye State drew a sort and sweet declination from the spokeswoman for Ryan, a Youngstown Democrat who won Tuesday\u2019s primary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPls no,\u201d tweeted Izzy Levy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">pls no <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JNDqLzFOhH\">https:\/\/t.co\/JNDqLzFOhH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Izzi Levy (@chevytothe_levy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chevytothe_levy\/status\/1522210686620819456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Vance, who triumphed over a crowded field in Tuesday\u2019s GOP primary, is\u00a0a venture capitalist and author of \u201cHillbilly Elegy,\u201d a memoir on his Appalachian roots. A one-time never-Trumper, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-looms-over-ohio-senate-primary-as-voters-go-to-polls\">Vance became an unapologetic supporter<\/a> of the 45th president and won his endorsement the race.<\/p>\n<p>The Lincoln Project, which labeled the Ohio race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Rob Portman as one of the \u201ctop races critical to American democracy\u2019s survival,\u201d has stepped up its Twitter attacks on Vance since the primary. The group has vowed to be active in the race, even if Ryan\u2019s team would rather it stayed out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you again <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProjectLincoln?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ProjectLincoln<\/a> for helping elect Gov. Glenn Youngkin, and thank you in advance for doing your part to elect a MAGA Republican Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JDVance1<\/a>, perhaps even contributing to the GOP taking control of the Senate in the process!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rebecca Downs (@RebeccaRoseGold) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RebeccaRoseGold\/status\/1522225122555437060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Vance won his party\u2019s primary over a crowded field that included former State Treasurer Josh Mandel and Matt Dolan, whose family owns the Cleveland Guardians Major League Baseball team. Vance garnered 32% of the GOP vote, but his tally of 340,000 votes nearly matched Ryan\u2019s vote total in a far less competitive race.<\/p>\n<p>The Lincoln Project, which despite its purported Republican roots has campaigned almost exclusively against GOP candidates, also made news this week when it blasted Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito\u2019s leaked draft decision overturning <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>. But most of its emphasis has been on political races.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnlike other PACs, The Lincoln Project is not going after easy races to bolster its winning percentage,\u201d the group\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lincolnproject.us\/lincoln-project-releases-top-races-critical-to-american-democracys-survival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> this week. \u201cEach race was evaluated and scored on whether it plays an outsized role creating a positive, pro-democracy outcome in 2024, the importance towards controlling the state\u2019s governor\u2019s office and Congressional delegation, and finally, an individual candidate\u2019s support for liberalism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Lincoln Project was established in 2019 by a group of conservatives including Jeff Weaver, Steve Schmidt, and George Conway, husband of former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway. It raised tens of millions of dollars, but questions were raised about how it spent the money after it was revealed some $50 million went to longtime Republican operatives, including Rick Wilson and Schmidt.<\/p>\n<p>Scandal followed when\u00a0Weaver, once an aide to the late Sen. John McCain and a married father of two, was accused in early 2021 of sending sexually charged messages to male teens. More than <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/21-men-accuse-weaver-of-online-harrassment\">20 men<\/a> came forward in accusing Weaver of harassing them online.<\/p>\n<p>Weaver is no longer associated with the group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio Senate candidate Tim Ryan\u2019s spokesperson tersely declined the Lincoln Project\u2019s offer to help the Democrat defeat Republican J.D. Vance in the November election.The controversial PAC, formed by once and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":1481728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1465062","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\/1465062","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\/729"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1465062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1481728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1465062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1465062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1465062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}