{"id":1988752,"date":"2023-08-02T13:56:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T17:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/generational-wealth-lincoln-project-hires-cofounders-son\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T13:57:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T17:57:27","slug":"generational-wealth-lincoln-project-hires-cofounders-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/generational-wealth-lincoln-project-hires-cofounders-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Lincoln Project recruits cofounder&#8217;s offspring for generational wealth."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fgenerational-wealth-lincoln-project-hires-cofounders-son%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=1988752&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>\n<p><h2>Rick Wilson&#8217;s\u2062 nepo \u2064baby is \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thrill-of-a-lifetime\/\" title=\"Thrill of a Lifetime\">corporate consultant<\/a> for daddy&#8217;s\u200b super PAC<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n    <strong>What happened<\/strong>: The Lincoln Project, the disgraced Democratic\u200b super PAC best \u2064known for\u200d harboring a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/lincoln-project-weaver-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/generational-wealth-lincoln-project-hires-cofounders-son\/\" title=\"Lincoln Project recruits cofounder's offspring for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-washington-blm-alliance-begins-lobbying-state-legislature-demands-gov-inslee-declare-racism-a-public-health-crisis\/\" title=\"New \u2018Washington BLM Alliance\u2019 Begins Lobbying State Legislature, Demands Gov. Inslee Declare Racism A Public Health Crisis\">generational wealth<\/a>.&#8221;>serial\u200c sex pest<\/a><\/a>, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-thanks-ill-be-skipping-the-inauguration\/\" title=\"No Thanks, I\u2019ll Be Skipping the Inauguration\">stopped pretending<\/a> to be \u200canything other than \u200ca vehicle for &#8220;generational wealth.&#8221;<br \/>\n \u2064\n  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Of the $3.5 \u200dmillion the super PAC spent in the first half of 2023, only $100,000 went toward political\u200b advertising, <em>Politico<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/08\/01\/lincoln-projects-spending-pac-00109277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Most \u200cof\u200d the funds were\u200b funneled to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-rubio-unveils-bill-to-ban-sba-treasury-loans-for-chinese-firms\/\" title=\"Sen. Rubio unveils bill to ban SBA &#038; treasury loans for Chinese firms\">companies owned<\/a>\u200b by Lincoln Project founders and affiliates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    \u2062  \u200b  The super PAC \u2064hired Andrew Wilson, \u200bson of cofounder Rick\u2064 Wilson, as an \u200dindependent contractor. He collects almost $4,000 a month for \u200b&#8221;corporate campaign management.&#8221;<br \/>\n \u200b\u2064\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <strong>Why it matters<\/strong>: Steve Schmidt, the disgraced Lincoln Project cofounder\u2062 best known for\u2064 being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/08\/30\/john-mccain-funeral-campaign-aides-no-invite-804162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">banned<\/a> from John McCain&#8217;s funeral, repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/19thnews.org\/2021\/02\/lincoln-project-toxic-workplace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expressed<\/a> his desire to\u2062 turn the super PAC into \u200ca vehicle for &#8220;generational \u200bwealth.&#8221;\n  <\/p>\n<p>    \u2064 This isn&#8217;t the\u200c first time the Lincoln Project has <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/lincoln-project-fred-wellman-son\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hired the son<\/a> of a\u2062 senior executive.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <strong>Crucial context<\/strong>: Like his daddy, Andrew Wilson is excruciatingly bald.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <strong>Bottom line<\/strong>: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) is wrong about almost everything, but she is right about the Lincoln Project. Following the 2020 election,\u2063 she <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/11\/07\/aoc-slams-lincoln-project-def-in-scam-territory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> the super \u2062PAC was in &#8220;scam territory&#8221; after raising \u200balmost $100 million \u2064and \u200cgoing 0-7 in key <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/biggest-losers-lincoln-themed-liberal-super-pac-goes-0-7-in-key-senate-races\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Senate races<\/a>.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <strong>Go deeper<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/parody\/rick-wilson-wife-plunderer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Your \u200dwife is begging Rick Wilson to come over<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u200c\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rick Wilson&#8217;s nepotistic child now works as a corporate consultant for his father&#8217;s super PAC. The Lincoln Project, previously known for sheltering a serial sex offender, has abandoned any pretense of its true intentions and openly admits to pursuing &#8220;generational wealth.&#8221; In the initial six months, the super PAC expended $3.5 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":1988753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1988752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"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\/1988752","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\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1988752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1988753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1988752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1988752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1988752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}