{"id":1899730,"date":"2023-03-16T17:27:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T21:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politifact-tries-to-fact-check-a-federalist-article-on-democrats-dark-money-election-takeover-and-fails-miserably\/"},"modified":"2023-03-16T17:34:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T21:34:04","slug":"politifact-tries-to-fact-check-a-federalist-article-on-democrats-dark-money-election-takeover-and-fails-miserably","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politifact-tries-to-fact-check-a-federalist-article-on-democrats-dark-money-election-takeover-and-fails-miserably\/","title":{"rendered":"PolitiFact Tries To \u2018Fact-Check\u2019 A Federalist Article On Democrats\u2019 Dark Money Election Takeover And Fails Miserably"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fpolitifact-tries-to-fact-check-a-federalist-article-on-democrats-dark-money-election-takeover-and-fails-miserably%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=1899730&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-->\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>In its latest bid to run interference for the Democrat Party, the\u00a0historically dishonest, left-wing PolitiFact published a &#8220;fact-check&#8221; Federalist article about leftist nonprofits&#8217; plan to use private funds to influence local election operations in favor of Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Titled, &#8220;How Georgia Became Democrats&#8217; Test Site For Their 2024 Private Takeover Of Election Offices,&#8221; the article in question details how DeKalb County \u2014 one of Georgia&#8217;s\u00a0most populous\u00a0localities and a\u00a0Democrat stronghold \u2014 had been selected to join the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence and how county officials had violated the spirit of state law by\u00a0accepting\u00a0a $2 million grant from the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL). The Federalist has previously reported that the Alliance was a $80 million initiative of left-leaning nonprofits like CTCL. &#8220;systematically influence every aspect of election administration&#8221; Democrat-backed voting policy in local elections offices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-988724884\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-fd4735910647ada665488326072e0382 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-fd4735910647ada665488326072e0382\"><\/div>\n<p>In an\u00a0ill-fated attempt\u00a0to classify The Federalist&#8217;s reporting as &#8220;False,&#8221; Amy Sherman, PolitiFact staff writer decided to play semantics and interpret the meaning of the term &#8220;takeover.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we&#8217;ve\u00a0fact-checked\u00a0claims\u00a0that a bill in Congress equals a \u2018federal takeover&#8217; of an industry (such as health care), we&#8217;ve considered whether the measure calls for the government to assume total control of the sector,&#8221; Sherman writes. Sherman wrote. &#8220;claim of a \u2018takeover&#8217; of an elections office suggests that the nonprofit would control crucial tasks, such as in-person or mail-in voting operations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sherman&#8217;s claim is flawed in one way: The Federalist doesn&#8217;t suggest that CTCL or other Alliance nonprofits would be in. &#8220;total control&#8221; the operation of local election offices.<\/p>\n<p>Sherman might have spent more time reading the article than being a Democrat Party activist. She would be able to see how left-wing nonprofits have used private funds to change election administration in favor of Democrats if she had invested more. During the 2020 election, groups like CTCL received\u00a0hundreds of millions of dollars\u00a0from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. These &#8220;Zuckbucks&#8221; funds were directed to local election offices in the battleground states of the country to help change the way elections are conducted. The grants were heavily biased towards Democrat-majority countries, essentially making this a huge Democrat get out-the-vote operation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cd909b6d9e6cf1e0169b4157aa5dfcfc fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cd909b6d9e6cf1e0169b4157aa5dfcfc\"><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence (USA) is trying to duplicate the 2020 strategy for the 2024 elections. In a\u00a0recent report, the Honest Elections Project and the John Locke Foundation revealed how the Alliance seeks to\u00a0skirt\u00a0existing &#8220;Zuckbucks&#8221; bans or restrictions passed by\u00a024 states\u00a0by providing election offices with &#8220;scholarships&#8221; To cover the cost of membership. These scholarships can then be used to cover membership costs. &#8220;instantly converted into \u2018credits&#8217; that member offices can use to buy services from CTCL and other Alliance partners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sherman, instead of revealing such important details, tries to minimize CTCL&#8217;s influence on the 2020 contest. &#8220;Zuckbucks&#8221; were used &#8220;to cover staffing costs and for personal protective equipment and equipment that sorts absentee ballots.&#8221; It&#8217;s funny how she doesn\u2019t mention reports that indicate this. <em>Less than 1 percent<\/em> CTCL spent nearly half of its 2020 funds on personal protective gear. Sherman quotes also a DeKalb County Commissioner and a &#8220;protective equipment&#8221; expert. &#8220;election expert&#8221; From the left-wing Bipartisan Center, which (predictably), offered statements reaffirming her efforts to &#8220;disprove&#8221; the notion that CTCL is running local election offices \u2014 a suggestion The Federalist&#8217;s article never made.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2>A History of Phony \u2018Fact-Checks&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Sherman&#8217;s incorrect assessment of The Federalist&#8217;s reporting doesn&#8217;t surprise me. A quick skim through her\u00a0repertoire\u00a0reveals a history of dubious &#8220;fact-checks.&#8221; Following Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola&#8217;s victory in Alaska&#8217;s August special election for the state&#8217;s at-large district, for example, Arkansas GOP Sen. Tom Cotton\u00a0tweeted\u00a0that, despite nearly &#8220;60% of Alaska voters [having] voted for a Republican,&#8221; The state&#8217;s useof a was the main reason Peltola won. &#8220;convoluted&#8221; Voting system ranked-choice &#8220;ballot exhaustion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In ranked-choice voting, voters rank candidates according to preference. No candidate can receive a majority vote of first-choice voters in the first round. If this happens, the candidate who finishes last is eliminated and votes are redistributed to the voter&#8217;s second choice candidate. The process continues until one candidate has received a majority vote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bc3d78512afc42940d92e1161ef4b3fe fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bc3d78512afc42940d92e1161ef4b3fe\"><\/div>\n<p>Sherman rejected Cotton&#8217;s assessment that almost 60 percent of voters voted for a Republican candidate during the first round of voting. &#8220;Mostly False&#8221; His comment &#8220;only applied to the first round of voting \u2014 which was not the final round \u2014 when that percentage voted for one of two Republicans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0separate phony &#8220;fact-check,&#8221;\u00a0Sherman also tried to disprove Blake Masters&#8217; claim that Democrats support an open U.S. border was an electoral strategy. &#8220;bring in and amnesty tens of millions of illegal aliens.&#8221; Not only did Sherman ignore\u00a0remarks from prominent Democrats\u00a0who&#8217;ve publicly implied such an idea, she rated Masters&#8217; claim &#8220;False&#8221; By trying to convince the world that the U.S.-Mexico border security is safe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The term \u2018open border&#8217; can be subjective, but controls at the southern border are significant,&#8221; Sherman and Jon Greenberg, a coauthor, wrote May 2022 as President Joe Biden&#8217;s lax policies at the border were causing record numbers of encounters at America&#8217;s southern border almost every month (239 416 in May). PolitiFact duo cited empty rhetoric from Biden regarding border security during the 2022 State of the Union address. This made it seem that America&#8217;s commander in chief is serious about stemming illegal aliens entering the country.<\/p>\n<p>PolitiFact&#8217;s inept attempt to play with facts is not surprising. The failed attempt by the corrupt outlet to &#8220;disprove&#8221; Reporting by the Federalist is the latest example of legacy media distorting truth in order to promote their leftist agenda. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-45cdef27711d4e41a18b00676db8fb8f fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-45cdef27711d4e41a18b00676db8fb8f\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\"> Shawn Fleetwood, a staff writer for The Federalist, is a graduate of The University of Mary Washington. He is also a Convention of States Action state content writer. His work has been featured on numerous outlets including RealClearPolitics and RealClearHealth. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\">Amy Sherman<\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\">CTCL<\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\">DeKalb County<\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\">Elections<\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\">Facebook<\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\">fact checkers<\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\">fact checking<\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\">Georgia<\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\">Illegal Immigration<\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\">Misinformation<\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\">Politifact<\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\">ranked choice Voting<\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\">U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence<\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\">voting<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;From <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/16\/politifact-tries-to-fact-check-a-federalist-article-on-democrats-dark-money-election-takeover-and-fails-miserably\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=politifact-tries-to-fact-check-a-federalist-article-on-democrats-dark-money-election-takeover-and-fails-miserably\">PolitiFact Tries To \u2018Fact-Check&#8217; A Federalist Article On Democrats&#8217; Dark Money Election Takeover And Fails Miserably<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In its latest bid to run interference for the Democrat Party, the\u00a0historically dishonest, left-wing PolitiFact published a \u201cfact-check\u201d of a Federalist article that explores leftist nonprofits\u2019 ploy to use private money as a means of changing local election operations to benefit Democrats. 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