{"id":2330021,"date":"2024-08-23T12:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T16:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-rip-dnc-for-allegedly-planting-beyonce-rumors-to-draw-audience-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-23T13:03:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T17:03:40","slug":"conservatives-rip-dnc-for-allegedly-planting-beyonce-rumors-to-draw-audience-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-rip-dnc-for-allegedly-planting-beyonce-rumors-to-draw-audience-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatives rip DNC for allegedly planting Beyonc\u00e9 rumors to draw audience &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fconservatives-rip-dnc-for-allegedly-planting-beyonce-rumors-to-draw-audience-washington-examiner%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=2330021&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>Conservative critics are accusing the Democratic National \u200bCommittee (DNC)\u2063 of orchestrating a deceptive scheme involving pop star Beyonc\u00e9 to boost viewership for Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s speech at the convention in Chicago.\u2062 Although there were widespread\u2062 rumors of Beyonc\u00e9 making a surprise\u2064 appearance, \u2063her absence led some Republicans, including Sean Davis of The Federalist, to suggest that the DNC fabricated the \u2064buzz to prevent \u200dattendees from leaving early. Various figures on\u200c the right echoed these sentiments, alleging that the event&#8217;s organizers intentionally \u2062misled the public to \u200battract a larger audience. While no solid proof exists to back these claims, the controversy intensified, especially after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roseanne-barr-spars-with-bill-mitchell-over-2024-republican-nomination\/\" title=\"Roseanne Barr and Bill Mitchell clash on 2024 GOP nomination.\">social media \u2062post<\/a> from a White House political director seemingly hinted at Beyonc\u00e9&#8217;s participation, which \u2064was later dismissed \u200bas a misunderstanding.\u200c The situation escalated when an entertainment outlet that initially reported on Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s expected performance retracted\u2064 its statement, admitting it was incorrect.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Conservatives rip DNC for allegedly planting Beyonc&eacute; rumors to draw audience<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1713635\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans<\/a> insisted that Democrats conducted an elaborate scheme to deceive voters after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/beyonce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Beyonc&eacute;<\/a> failed to appear at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The singer was widely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog-posts\/surprise-dnc-guest-rumor-debunked-as-beyonce-fans-left-disappointed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rumored<\/a> to make a surprise performance at the DNC, just before Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted her party&rsquo;s nomination Thursday night.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Beyonce accepts the award for best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beyonce-officially-has-the-most-grammys-of-any-artist-thanks-god-and-queer-community\/\" title=\"Beyonc\u00e9 Officially Has the Most Grammys of Any Artist, Thanks God and \u201cQueer Community\u201d\">dance\/electronic music album<\/a> for <em>Renaissance<\/em> at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Chris Pizzello)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When the last night of the Democratic gathering came and went with no Beyonc&eacute;, some members of the Right surmised Democrats simply wielded a deceptive marketing strategy designed to draw in more viewers for Harris&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-graham-careening-away-from-karine-jean-pierre\/\" title=\"Tim Graham: Careening Away From Karine Jean-Pierre\">prime-time speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala Harris is so bad at this her own party had to lie and tell attendees Beyonc&eacute; was coming so people wouldn&rsquo;t bail before Harris&rsquo;s speech and leave a bunch of empty seats for the cameras,&rdquo; Sean Davis, the conservative CEO and co-founder of the<em> Federalist<\/em>, complained in a post to X. Davis formerly worked for&nbsp;Rick Perry, the one-time Republican governor of Texas, and Tom Coburn, who served as a GOP senator from Oklahoma from 2005 to 2015.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kamala Harris is so bad at this her own party had to lie and tell attendees Beyonc&eacute; was coming so people wouldn&rsquo;t bail before Harris&rsquo;s speech and leave a bunch of empty seats for the cameras. Amazing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tnFap6tXsW\">https:\/\/t.co\/tnFap6tXsW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sean Davis (@seanmdav) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanmdav\/status\/1826826551368794263?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Although there is no direct evidence behind the theory that Harris&rsquo;s allies lied about the surprise guest appearance, other Republicans jumped on board with the claims and aired their grievances on social media.<\/p>\n<p>CJ Pearson, a political activist who heads the Republican National Committee&rsquo;s Youth Advisory Council<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thecjpearson\/status\/1826844008426913894\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>, slammed<\/a> the vice president for getting &ldquo;far too comfortable lying.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Right-wing media personality and former Project Veritas operative Laura Loomer declared similar concerns in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/1826825981027324022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rant<\/a> to X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Democrats intentionally lied tonight and said that [Beyonc&eacute;] was going to be the special guest at the DNC to get people to watch,&rdquo; Loomer contended as she claimed, &ldquo;Democrats lied to boost viewership.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The White House&rsquo;s political director appeared to tease the artist&rsquo;s appearance in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/emmyruiz\/status\/1826720435687297238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1826720435687297238%7Ctwgr%5E5edbecb11fda69ad8b8a384443e45019659e0dd9%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Flive-blog%2F2024-elections-live-updates-biden-trump-house-senate%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a>&nbsp;on X, later saying her 6-year-old &ldquo;took my phone&rdquo; to send out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/where-are-the-feminists-supporting-gina-carano\/\" title=\"Where Are The Feminists Supporting Gina Carano?\">social media message<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They planted the story with TMZ too,&rdquo; Loomer alleged, referring to an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Phil_Lewis_\/status\/1826770465399959820\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>article<\/a> by the entertainment site that claimed to confirm the artist was appearing at the DNC. The outlet later apologized for the false report, saying, &ldquo;We got this one wrong.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Democrats intentionally lied tonight and said that Beyonc&eacute; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Beyonce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Beyonce<\/a> was going to be the special guest at the DNC to get people to watch. <\/p>\n<p>They planted the story with TMZ too. <\/p>\n<p>Beyonc&eacute; didn&rsquo;t show up. <\/p>\n<p>There wasn&rsquo;t even a special guest tonight as promised. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats lied&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/1826825981027324022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Beyonc&eacute;&rsquo;s hit song &ldquo;Freedom&rdquo; has become the unofficial anthem for the Harris camp, which has used it at numerous rallies and in ad campaigns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harris walked onstage as the song played and crowds roared Thursday night. But, as the pop icon&rsquo;s publicist confirmed in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/yvettenoelschure\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a>&nbsp;to Instagram, there was no live performance planned from Beyonc&eacute; that night.<\/p>\n<p>The Grammy Award winner endorsed the Biden-Harris ticket in 2020 but has to back the vice president this election cycle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1713635\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1713635\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservatives criticize the DNC for supposedly fabricating rumors about Beyonc\u00e9 to attract viewers. Republicans claimed that Democrats orchestrated a deceptive plan to mislead voters after Beyonc\u00e9 did not show up at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where she was rumored to perform unexpectedly just before Vice President Kamala Harris accepted her party&#8217;s nomination. Following the event, some right-wing figures speculated that Democrats had used this tactic to prevent attendees from leaving before Harris&#8217;s speech, which could have resulted in empty seats on camera. Sean Davis, CEO of The Federalist and former aide to Republican politicians, expressed his frustration on social media about the situation.<\/p>\n<p>While there is no concrete evidence supporting claims that Harris\u2019s team lied about Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s appearance, other Republicans echoed these sentiments online. CJ Pearson, a political activist with ties to the Republican National Committee\u2019s Youth Advisory Council, criticized Harris for allegedly becoming too comfortable with dishonesty. Laura Loomer, a right-wing media figure and ex-Project Veritas operative, also voiced similar accusations on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The White House&#8217;s political director seemed to hint at Beyonc\u00e9&#8217;s potential appearance in a post but later explained that his young child had sent it out without his knowledge. Loomer accused Democrats of planting stories with TMZ regarding Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s attendance; however, TMZ later retracted their report and admitted they were mistaken.<\/p>\n<p>Beyonc\u00e9&#8217;s song &#8220;Freedom&#8221; has been associated with Kamala Harris&#8217;s campaign and played during her entrance at the convention amid cheers from supporters. However, according to an Instagram post by Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s publicist, there was no live performance scheduled for that evening despite earlier speculation. Although she endorsed Biden-Harris in 2020, it remains unclear if she will support them again this election cycle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2330022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/B--scaled-1024x590.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39091,39090,4539,7705,32076],"class_list":["post-2330021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-audience-manipulation","tag-beyonce-rumors","tag-conservatives","tag-dnc","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/B--scaled-1024x590.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330021","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2330022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}