{"id":1720478,"date":"2022-11-01T16:32:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T20:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1720478"},"modified":"2022-11-01T16:49:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T20:49:52","slug":"rino-turned-independent-evan-mcmullin-lies-about-his-use-of-dem-fundraising-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rino-turned-independent-evan-mcmullin-lies-about-his-use-of-dem-fundraising-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"RINO-Turned-Independent Evan McMullin Lies About His Use of Dem Fundraising Machine"},"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\">22<\/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%2Frino-turned-independent-evan-mcmullin-lies-about-his-use-of-dem-fundraising-machine%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=1720478&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 class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Evan-McMullin-1200x675-1.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid w-100 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Evan McMullin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Evan-McMullin-1200x675-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Evan-McMullin-300x170.jpg 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n        <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n        <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span>Grabien screengrab\/Fox News\n      <\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/20\/evan-mcmullin-is-a-democrat-and-a-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats\u2019 Utah Senate candidate<\/a>, Evan McMullin, went on Fox News\u2019s \u201cSpecial Report with Bret Baier\u201d on Tuesday night to draw distance between his campaign and the Democratic Party. <\/p>\n<p>McMullin, who was endorsed by the Democratic Party in April to run against GOP incumbent Sen. Mike Lee, denied using the party\u2019s fundraising platform ActBlue to solicit donations. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are lies,\u201d McMullin said, touting contributions from individuals across the political spectrum. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to a schedule of itemized receipts from the Federal Election Commission, however, McMullin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rpyers\/status\/1587218617107554304?s=20&#038;t=I9-sd3pgdXnGmjWrP2_kMQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">raised <\/a>more than $350,000 from the Democratic fundraising machine. The website for the self-proclaimed independent candidate expressly links to ActBlue, and his campaign has paid out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mcmullins-campaign-paid-out-over-1-6-million-dem-firms-calling-himself-independent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$1.6 million<\/a> to Democrat consultants to run it. McMullin\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/27\/evan-mcmullins-faux-independent-campaign-is-bankrolled-by-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">donor list<\/a> also includes top Democratic fundraisers such as Rob Stein and Reid Hoffman. Hoffman, a co-founder of LinkedIn, also <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/12\/22\/tech-billionaire-reid-hoffman-funded-legal-firm-for-spygate-linchpin-fusion-gps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bankrolled <\/a>the legal defense of Fusion GPS.<\/p>\n<p>The latest major poll in the race, <a href=\"https:\/\/emersoncollegepolling.com\/utah-2022-senator-mike-lee-holds-10-point-lead-over-evan-mcmullin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published <\/a>on Monday from Emerson College, shows Lee with a 10-point lead less than two weeks before Election Day. <\/p>\n<p>While McMullin claims to run as an independent, his Democrat-funded campaign has adopted all the left-wing talking points of a liberal candidate operating a partisan operation. McMullin <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/05\/05\/mike-lee-opponent-evan-mcmullin-embraces-left-wing-abortion-activism-denounces-pro-life-repeal-of-roe-v-wade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">railed <\/a>against the Supreme Court\u2019s reversal of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/18\/evan-mcmullin-showcases-danger-of-j6-disinformation-in-utah-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slandered <\/a>the Republican incumbent with lies about the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. <\/p>\n<p>On the October debate stage at Utah Valley University, McMullin charged Lee with conspiring with the White House to hijack the Electoral College and turn the 2020 election for President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you knew how important it was when you sought to urge the White House that had lost an election to find fake electors to overturn the will of the people,\u201d McMullin said. \u201cSen. Lee, that was the most egregious betrayal of our nation\u2019s Constitution in its history by a U.S. senator, I believe, and it will be your legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An honest examination of events, however, shows that is just not true. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/20\/peril-woodward-costa-graham-lee-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According<\/a>\u00a0to book reporting by Robert Costa and Bob Woodward, two favorites of the Washington establishment, Lee\u2019s knowledge of a campaign seeking alternate electors extended merely to \u201ca social media campaign \u2014 an amateur push with no legal standing,\u201d not a real plot by the White House. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the days leading up to Jan. 6, when the votes were going to be open and counted, I had a job to do,\u201d Lee responded to McMullin. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>There were rumors circulating suggesting that some states were considering switching up their slates of electors. If that were true, I would need to know about that. I did research on that. I made phone calls to figure out whether the rumors were true. The rumors were false. On that basis, I voted to certify the results of the elections.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>[READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/04\/16\/blockbuster-j6-committee-expose-mike-lee-and-chip-roy-love-the-constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blockbuster J6 Committee Expose: Mike Lee And Chip Roy Love The Constitution<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While Lee fights for a third term in the upper chamber, his same-state and same-party colleague Mitt Romney remains the sole Republican senator who has not endorsed his re-election bid. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t get involved in primaries and I don\u2019t endorse,\u201d Romney\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/minutes\/congress\/03-8-2022\/another-round-of-jan-6-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told\u00a0<\/a>Politico, saying he has \u201ctwo friends\u201d in the race. But days later, Romney attended a fundraiser for Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, who vice-chairs the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/16\/wyoming-republicans-throw-liz-cheney-out-of-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overwhelmingly <\/a>lost her August primary. <\/p>\n<p>Lee <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/12\/mike-lee-to-mitt-romney-if-you-dont-want-schumer-leading-the-senate-support-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">challenged <\/a>Romney to get behind the campaign on Fox News in mid-October. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think Mitt Romney wants Chuck Schumer to continue to be the Senate majority leader,\u201d Lee\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/12\/mike-lee-to-mitt-romney-if-you-dont-want-schumer-leading-the-senate-support-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cIf I\u2019m right on that, then he needs to get on board, because that\u2019s exactly what he will be producing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With just seven days to go until Election Day, Romney has offered no endorsement. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image CreditGrabien screengrab\/Fox News   The Democrats\u2019 Utah Senate candidate, Evan McMullin, went on Fox News\u2019s \u201cSpecial Report with Bret Baier\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1720053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1720478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"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\/1720478","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=1720478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1720053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1720478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1720478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1720478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}