{"id":1572051,"date":"2022-07-26T16:07:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T20:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1572051"},"modified":"2022-07-26T16:07:54","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T20:07:54","slug":"incredibly-cynical-and-hypocritical-cnn-torches-democrats-for-strategically-funding-far-right-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/incredibly-cynical-and-hypocritical-cnn-torches-democrats-for-strategically-funding-far-right-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Incredibly Cynical And Hypocritical\u2019: CNN Torches Democrats For Strategically Funding Far-Right Candidates"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fincredibly-cynical-and-hypocritical-cnn-torches-democrats-for-strategically-funding-far-right-candidates%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=1572051&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>CNN\u2019s John Avlon laid into Democrats on Tuesday, challenging the party\u2019s apparent strategy of backing far-right candidates in Republican primaries \u2014 particularly when their opponents were not fans of former President Donald Trump \u2014 in the hopes that they will be more easily defeated by Democrats in November\u2019s general election.<\/p>\n<p>Avlon joined the hosts of \u201cNew Day\u201d and he noted that Democrats had been responsible for a number of major ad purchases targeting anti-Trump candidates in recent weeks, apparently hoping that they could help prop those candidates up through their primaries. Then, when independent voters went to the polls in November, the hope was that they would see a choice between a Democrat and a far-right Republican and opt for the former.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;It&#8217;s incredibly cynical and hypocritical,&#8221; CNN&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnAvlon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JohnAvlon<\/a> blasts Democrats&#8217; strategy of boosting far-right Republicans in primaries in the hopes they&#8217;ll be easier to beat come November. &#8220;It&#8217;s a dangerous game.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qmr6p6aW8t\">pic.twitter.com\/qmr6p6aW8t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VAKruta\/status\/1552012003895660547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anchor <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/next-week-harvey-weinstein-cnns-john-berman-blows-up-over-rudy-giulianis-masked-singer-debut\/\">John Berman<\/a> introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-anchor-discussing-civility-misses-the-mark-when-it-comes-to-protesting-conservative-justices\/\">Avlon<\/a>, asking about the reported ad buys and noting that Democrats were effectively promoting pro-Trump Republicans in the hopes that they could effectively rig the primaries because they believed anyone tied to Trump would have a more difficult time beating a Democrat in a general election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of righteous talk, especially from Democrats, about how we need to build the biggest possible coalition to defend democracy,\u201d Avlon began, noting that the Republicans who had only recently been lauded by Democrats as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/pelosi-producing-oppo-research-for-liz-cheney-adam-kinzinger-to-attack-republican-leaders-gop-source\/\">profiles in courage<\/a>\u201d for standing against Trump and even voting to impeach him were the ones who were being targeted but this particular strategy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTalk is cheap, and the reality is that those brave folks, including Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney, have been taking a lot of fire from the left and right this year,\u201d Avlon continued. \u201cAnd the most recent example is Peter Meijer, a young Army veteran and rising star from Michigan. A man whose independent-minded, common-sense conservative principles perfectly fit the district once held by Gerald Ford. But yesterday, with one week until his primary, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee decided to drop more than $400,000 ad buy in his district to boost the name of his Trump-backed far-right primary opponent because they believe he\u2019d be much easier to beat in a district that Biden won in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Calling the move \u201cincredibly cynical and hypocritical\u201d \u2014 because it assumes that Democrats are not willing to engage in a fair fight should an anti-Trump Republican win in any of these primaries \u2014 Avlon went on to explain just how dangerous a strategy it could be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly cynical and hypocritical, and also part of a trend \u2014 Democrats trying to meddle in Republican primaries, not to aid honorable Republicans but to try to kneecap them,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a dangerous game to play because, with the gravitational pull of the midterms moving away from the president\u2019s party, there\u2019s a non-zero chance that some of the more extreme candidates could win, despite being objectively worse fits for their districts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, I get that politics ain\u2019t beanbags, right?\u201d Avlon concluded. \u201cBut some principles are bigger than partisan gain. Instead of focusing their primary political efforts on punishing the 147 members of the sedition caucus, Democrats are targeting honorable outliers like Peter Meijer. Unfortunately, he\u2019s not alone. Take Adam Kinzinger and John Katko. They both voted to impeach Trump. Both represent blue states Illinois and New York. And in that once-a-decade redistricting, Democrats essentially erased their districts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN\u2019s John Avlon laid into Democrats on Tuesday, challenging the party\u2019s apparent strategy of backing far-right candidates in Republican primaries \u2014 particularly when their opponents were not fans of former President Donald Trump \u2014 in the hopes that they will be more easily defeated by Democrats in November\u2019s general election. 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