{"id":1576295,"date":"2022-07-28T09:56:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T13:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1576295"},"modified":"2022-07-28T09:56:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T13:56:40","slug":"cynical-and-hypocritical-cnn-panel-slams-dems-for-meddling-in-gop-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cynical-and-hypocritical-cnn-panel-slams-dems-for-meddling-in-gop-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Cynical And Hypocritical\u2019: CNN Panel Slams Dems For Meddling In GOP Primaries"},"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\">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%2Fcynical-and-hypocritical-cnn-panel-slams-dems-for-meddling-in-gop-primaries%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=1576295&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\/2022\/07\/DCNF-Lemon-DCCC-Meddling-Featured-e1659015567110.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A CNN panel tore into Democrats for promoting Republican candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is incredibly cynical and hypocritical,\u201d CNN reporter John Avlon told host Don Lemon. \u201cI teed off on this the other day on reality check particularly because \u2014 when they bought $400,000 ad buy against Peter Meijer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) have each spent large sums of money boosting more conservative candidates backed by former President Donald Trump in Republican primaries. The DCCC <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/25\/dccc-six-figure-ad-buy-peter-meijer-john-gibbs-michigan\/\">reportedly<\/a> made the ad buy to boost John Gibbs, who is challenging Republican Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere is a guy who is an army veteran, rising star in the party, represents Gerald Ford\u2019s old district, somebody who voted to impeach Donald Trump, someone who voted to not \u2014 to certify the election, someone who voted for the gun reform bill, somebody who voted to protect same-sex marriages,\u201d Avlon added. \u201cAnd these are folks, one week out, the DCCC going to take $400,000 ad buy against to build up a name ID of his opponents?\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/25\/raju-hunt-sotomayor-2022-cnn-democratic-party\/\">(RELATED: CNN Panel Rips Dems For \u2018Meddling\u2019 In GOP Primaries To Boost Pro-Trump Candidates)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The meddling has brought <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/27\/phillips-ball-democrats-meddling-gop\/\">condemnation<\/a> from prominent Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf @RepLizCheney or @AdamKinzinger were running in swing districts, would that justify Dems funding Trump-endorsed, extremist candidates in @GOP primary in order to try to get an edge in the general?\u201d David Axelrod, a former adviser to former President Barack Obama, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidaxelrod\/status\/1552365765583638528\">asked<\/a> in a Twitter post, referring to the two outspoken Trump critics House Speaker Nancy Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/26\/kevin-mccarthy-pelosi-cheney-kinzinger-jan-6-committee-congress\/\">appointed<\/a> to the Jan. 6 committee.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepLizCheney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepLizCheney<\/a>\u2069 or \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamKinzinger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AdamKinzinger<\/a>\u2069 were running in swing districts, would that justify Dems funding Trump-endorsed, extremist candidates in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GOP<\/a> primary in order to try to get an edge in the general?<br \/>That\u2019s what\u2019s happening here. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1d9igwoMNk\">https:\/\/t.co\/1d9igwoMNk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidaxelrod\/status\/1552365765583638528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Axelrod and the DCCC did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CNN panel tore into Democrats for promoting Republican candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump Wednesday night.\u201cI think it is incredibly cynical and hypocritical,\u201d CNN reporter John Avlon told<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":206,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1576295","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\/1576295","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\/206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1576295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1576295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1576295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1576295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}