{"id":2269546,"date":"2024-06-17T12:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T16:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-candidates-social-media-looked-much-different-when-he-wasnt-pretending-to-be-a-moderate\/"},"modified":"2024-06-17T12:22:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T16:22:48","slug":"liberal-candidates-social-media-looked-much-different-when-he-wasnt-pretending-to-be-a-moderate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-candidates-social-media-looked-much-different-when-he-wasnt-pretending-to-be-a-moderate\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Candidate&#8217;s Social Media Reveals Shift from Extreme to Moderate Stance"},"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%2Fliberal-candidates-social-media-looked-much-different-when-he-wasnt-pretending-to-be-a-moderate%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=2269546&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>The\u2064 article discusses Lanon\u2062 Baccam, a Democratic\u2062 candidate running for Congress in Iowa&#8217;s Third District, who presents\u200b himself as a \u2062moderate with a focus\u2064 on economic issues and \u200brural communities. However, the\u2062 piece suggests that \u2064Baccam&#8217;s past\u2064 actions and affiliations paint \u200ba\u200d different\u2064 picture, highlighting his efforts to clean up \u200dhis online presence by removing posts\u2062 that could\u200c portray\u200b him as\u200d a more radical \u200cDemocrat. The article features critiques from Republican spokespeople who accuse Baccam of attempting to \u2064hide \u200chis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rockstar-of-the-right-marion-zemmour-can-unite-people-around-him-to-win-presidency\/\" title=\"'Rockstar of the Right' Marion: Zemmour Can Unite People Around Him to Win Presidency\">political past<\/a> to\u2063 appeal to moderate voters in Iowa.\u200b These critiques emphasize Baccam&#8217;s\u2064 previous engagement in Democratic campaigns and alleged allegiance to prominent Democratic \u200cleaders. The\u200b article also\u200c touches\u2063 on broader concerns\u2064 about\u200b political transparency and\u200b authenticity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Liberal Candidate&#8217;s Social Media Looked Much Different When He Wasn&#8217;t Pretending to Be a Moderate<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/mlandry\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/mlandry\/%20\"><span>Mike Landry<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 17, 2024 at 7:07am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Here\u2019s some news: The sun came up this morning. A dog bit a man. A politician represented himself as something he\u2019s not.<\/p>\n<p>I know. No real news there.<\/p>\n<p>Except let\u2019s look at that last one, because it\u2019s important to the people of Iowa and, for that matter, all of us.<\/p>\n<p>Iowa native Lanon Baccam is running for office in Iowa\u2019s Third Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCombat veteran, public servant and son of rural Iowa,\u201d says his campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/lanonbaccam.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Impressive.<\/p>\n<p>The website also says \u2014 \u201cThe cost of gas and groceries is still too high for working families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to lower costs while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-becomes-the-first-millennial-confirmed-to-a-cabinet-position\/\" title=\"Buttigieg Becomes The First Millennial Confirmed To A Cabinet Position\">creating good-paying jobs<\/a> everywhere \u2013 especially in our small towns and rural communities,\u201d the site continues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJobs like factory work, manufacturing, building trades, and more should be able to support a family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wow! This guy is really \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Oh, wait. Read on \u2014<\/p>\n<p>His website has a section on \u201creproductive rights.\u201d That, of course, means promoting abortion, and Baccam wants to hold the line on a national ban on abortion and bring back the bloodletting of Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n<p>Baccam is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-2020-democratic-candidates-celebrate-lgbtq-pride-in-iowa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrat<\/a>, and, of course, a Democrat cannot get up in the morning without mumbling something about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftists-furious-democrats-abortion-bill-gets-torpedoed-joe-manchin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reproductive freedom <\/a>or more correctly, about stopping reproduction through abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, his website puts forth a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-head-democratic-congressional-campaign-committee-hits-partys-left-turn-socialism-wont-win-brooklyn-iowa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moderate tone<\/a> as it talks about the economy and has headlines like \u201cFighting for Small Towns and Rural Communities.\u201d He advocates \u201cfinding a way to bring our country back together so that we can rebuild our communities, protect our democracy, and get things done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A moderate moderating, that\u2019s Lanon Baccam, he would have us believe.<\/p>\n<p>Except Baccam probably doesn\u2019t want Iowans to know too much about his past.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s been a paid activist and served on the Senate staff of Hillary Clinton. In 2020, he was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/national-border-patrol-council-endorses-rep-henry-cuellars-gop-opponent-after-backing-cuellar-in-2020\/\" title=\"National Border Patrol Council Endorses Rep. Henry Cuellar's GOP Opponent After Backing Cuellar in 2020\">deputy state director<\/a> for Joe Biden\u2019s campaign, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/iowa-dem-scrubbed-anti-trump-tweets-x-account-appear-more-moderate-republicans-charge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t know if he\u2019s cleaned up his act since then, but he\u2019s certainly cleaned up his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/iowa-player-deletes-social-media-accounts-hate-comments-swarm-iowa-uconn-controversial-foul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online posts<\/a> about working on the Biden campaign and about criticizing President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Poof! Down the memory hole.<\/p>\n<p>After all, in Iowa a fella can\u2019t be too moderate.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Wolff, spokesman for the Republican Party of Iowa, sees it differently \u2014 \u201cYou can try to run but you cannot hide from your political past,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Far-left partisan activist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lanon_baccam?\">@Lanon_Baccam<\/a>\u2018s magical disappearing act continues!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIowa Dem scrubbed anti-Trump tweets from X account to appear more moderate\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gZ9M32Xwhh\">https:\/\/t.co\/gZ9M32Xwhh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IA03?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IA03<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Pandol (@jackpandol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jackpandol\/status\/1801624566537543980?\">June 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLanon Baccam is bought and paid for: anointed by Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton to fake his way to the Third Congressional District seat,\u201d Wolf said, quoted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iowagop.org\/lanon_baccam_wants_to_run_from_his_radical_past\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iowa GOP website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A statement on the site said \u201cLanon sees the writing on the wall: Biden is losing favorability with the American people and is losing it FAST.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLanon\u2019s attempts to wipe his social media clean are a sad attempt to run from his radical political past \u2026 His undying support of Biden shows if elected to Congress, Lanon would vote in lockstep with every progressive, far-left Democrat in the House and he would forget about Iowan values the second he steps foot in Washington D.C.,\u201d the Iowa GOP statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Wolff advocated for Baccam\u2019s Republican opponent, Zach Nunn, also a combat veteran.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed trStephen A. Smith Lights Up Analyst Over WNBA Delusion, Caitlin Clark Jealousy &#8211; &#8216;Who Talks About the WNBA?!&#8217;uth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45512\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/mlandry\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45512\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45512\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45512\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45512\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Mike Landry, PhD, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-involving-over-3700-trans-children-shares-horrifying-truth-about-gender-affirming-care\/\" title=\"Study Involving Over 3,700 Trans Children Shares Horrifying Truth About 'Gender-Affirming Care'\">retired business professor<\/a>. He has been a journalist, broadcaster and church pastor. He writes from Northwest Arkansas on current events and business history.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Mike Landry, PhD, is a retired business professor. He has been a journalist, broadcaster and church pastor. He writes from Northwest Arkansas on current events and business history. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberal candidate&#8217;s social media reveals a different persona before he posed as a moderate, reports Mike Landry on June 17, 2024. In other unsurprising news: the sun rose, a dog bit a man, and a politician misrepresented himself. 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