{"id":2343347,"date":"2024-09-19T11:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T15:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-democratic-campaign-operative-quits-the-party-after-what-she-saw-at-the-dnc\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T11:48:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T15:48:29","slug":"longtime-democratic-campaign-operative-quits-the-party-after-what-she-saw-at-the-dnc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-democratic-campaign-operative-quits-the-party-after-what-she-saw-at-the-dnc\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime Democratic Campaign Operative Quits the Party After What She Saw at the DNC"},"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%2Flongtime-democratic-campaign-operative-quits-the-party-after-what-she-saw-at-the-dnc%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=2343347&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>It seems like you&#8217;ve pasted a large block\u2063 of XML\/HTML \u200ccontent \u2063mixed with JavaScript that \u200ddiscusses \u200ba person&#8217;s disillusionment with \u2064the \u2063Democratic Party, along with their experiences\u2064 and opinions. The \u200dcontent references various \u200cfigures\u2063 in\u200b the Democratic Party, as\u200d well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/juiced-and-ready\/\" title=\"Juiced and Ready\">broader\u200d political themes<\/a> \u2062around\u200b elitism and identity\u2063 politics.<\/p>\n<p>If you need \u2062help analyzing this content, summarizing\u2062 it, or \u200dhave specific questions regarding it,\u2062 please let me know!  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Many of our fellow Americans have yet to discover the truth about the elitist, authoritarian, modern Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, when someone witnesses it from the inside and then sounds the alarm, it deserves our attention and applause.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/i-raised-millions-democrats-dnc-i-realized-theyre-party-rich-opinion-1955377?x=test1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> opinion piece published on Tuesday, former Democratic campaign operative and fundraiser Evan Barker explained why, after what she saw at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-dncs-biggest-embarrassment-lie-repeated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic National Convention<\/a> in Chicago on August, she decided to leave the party.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I felt submersed in a hollow chamber whose mottos were &lsquo;Brat summer&rsquo; and &lsquo;Joy&rsquo; &mdash; totally out of touch with regular, every-day Americans and their pressing needs; instead, the most elite people in the world chanted in unison that &lsquo;We&rsquo;re not going back!&#8217;&rdquo; Barker wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The experience left her &ldquo;feeling disenchanted, lost, sad, and alone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As someone who has given her life to Democratic politics, it was devastating,&rdquo; she described.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Barker has not merely dabbled in Democratic politics. She worked as an intern on President Barack Obama&rsquo;s campaign, as an alternate-delegate for former Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hillary-clinton-responds-second-trump-assassination-attempt-blaming-victim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hillary Clinton<\/a> and then as a major fundraising consultant for Senate and House Democrats at the federal level.<\/p>\n<p>But she could not stay quiet as the Democratic Party morphed into the party of elitism, endless war and identity politics.<\/p>\n<p>Barker grew up in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-swimmer-says-trans-athletes-competing-against-women-destroys-fair-competition\/\" title=\"College Swimmer Says \u2018Trans&#039; Athletes Competing Against Women Destroys Fair Competition\">working-class family<\/a> of lifelong Democrats near Kansas City, Missouri. She believed, therefore, that the Democratic Party represented her interests and values.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, however, the grueling and degrading task of begging rich people for money helped her slowly realize the truth.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At first, I naively thought the system was broken. But now I realize, it isn&rsquo;t broken; it&rsquo;s doing what it was designed to do, which is to keep <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-taste-of-the-future-global-elites-at-world-economic-forum-promote-fake-meat-produced-from-a-3d-printer-video\/\" title=\"\u201cA Taste of the Future\u201d \u2013 Global Elites at World Economic Forum Promote Fake \u2018Meat\u2019 Produced From a 3D Printer (VIDEO)\">working class people<\/a> from true representation. That is the point, a feature, not a bug,&rdquo; she argued.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, progressive politics left her equally disillusioned.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, she described progressives as &ldquo;compromised by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sowells-new-book-dismantles-social-justice-4-brutal-takedowns-dem-talking-points\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social justice<\/a> language and divisive identity politics that now dominates the entire Democratic ecosystem.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, she felt shocked to learn that &ldquo;the Democrats have embraced [President George W.] Bush-era foreign policy to become the party of war.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was the cherry on the cake that Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/liz-cheneys-old-post-kamala-comes-back-haunt-former-congresswoman-backs-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a> has been proudly touting an endorsement from Dick Cheney. <em>Dick Cheney<\/em>!&rdquo; she wrote, her words dripping with exasperation.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, she decided that the Democrats have grown too &ldquo;condescending and paternalistic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 DNC in Chicago made all of this clear.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s impossible to unsee what I&rsquo;ve seen. I can only go forward,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In an ironic jab, Barker even used one of Harris&rsquo; campaign trail slogans against the Democrats: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not going back.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, in a video posted to the social media platform X, Barker made many of the same points.<\/p>\n<p>In that video, however, she provided quantifiable evidence of her longtime commitment to Democratic politics.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, she estimated that she had raised at least $30 million for Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>She also included photos of herself with many prominent figures in Democratic politics, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/michelle-obama-suggests-presidency-black-job-divisive-dnc-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michelle Obama<\/a>, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/aoc-tries-fake-new-accent-dnc-speech-immediately-gets-roasted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, some rank-and-file Democrats had called Barker a liar and suggested that she never worked for the party.<\/p>\n<p>Having established her credentials, she proceeded to decry the Democrats&rsquo; &ldquo;hypocrisy,&rdquo; citing &ldquo;a massive difference between what they say and what they do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She also bemoaned Democrats&rsquo; &ldquo;toxic weaponization of identity politics&rdquo; and declared herself &ldquo;tired of endless proxy wars.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Having encountered so many elitist Democrats, she reported feeling &ldquo;exhausted from the coastal condescension toward Middle America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And she also called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-friendly-fire-jon-stewart-suggests-bill-clinton-sexual-predator-calls-dnc-hypocrisy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DNC<\/a> the &ldquo;tipping point&rdquo; in her disillusionment.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, she had a message for other Democrats who secretly believe as she does.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If it no longer feels right, make peace and move on. Goodbye, Democratic Party,&rdquo; she said in conclusion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I&rsquo;m the real deal, and I&rsquo;m done with the Democrats. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DNCConvention2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DNCConvention2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DNC2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DNC2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DNC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DNC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JoeBiden?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JoeBiden<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trump?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Trump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KamalaHarris?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KamalaHarris<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RFKJr?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RFKJr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/politics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#politics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Democrat?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Democrat<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Republican?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Republican<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KGmXOWq5LU\">pic.twitter.com\/KGmXOWq5LU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Evan (@evanwch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evanwch\/status\/1832975365398299065?\">September 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party began in the 1820s as the party of slavery and Indian removal. Had justice prevailed, it would have collapsed by 1865.<\/p>\n<p>After the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nikki-haley-receives-backlash-word-salad-civil-war-campaign-stop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Civil War<\/a>, however, Democrats lingered as a mostly regional party devoted to racial segregation.<\/p>\n<p>Then, by the 1930s, Democrats realized that they could acquire national power again by posing as friends of the working class. Some good-hearted Democrats meant what they said, and others believed them. By and large, however, powerful Democrats campaigned on envy and then forgot their voters after the elections. For the most part, the party&rsquo;s policies harmed the very people its leaders claimed to represent.<\/p>\n<p>By the late 20th century, working-class people began to notice that Democrats merely used them as a means to power. Thus, elitist Democrats turned on the working class and once again began trying to divide the country on racial lines. Hence the party&rsquo;s new &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-the-recent-remarks-from-kamala-harris-new-vp-pick-tim-walz-that-could-cost-her-the-election\/\" title=\"Watch: The Recent Remarks from Kamala Harris&#039; New VP Pick Tim Walz That Could Cost Her the Election\">social justice&#038;rdquo<\/a>; flavor.<\/p>\n<p>Some of us have known this about the Democratic Party for decades.<\/p>\n<p>Other well-meaning Americans and former Democrats, however &mdash; former Independent presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rfk-jr-slams-kamala-harris-says-need-president-can-put-together-english-sentence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a>, former Democratic Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tulsi-gabbard-officially-joins-team-trump-vows-work-save-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a> of Hawaii and X owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-investigated-post-biden-harris-second-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> leap to mind &mdash; have discovered it in recent years, when the Democratic Party abandoned all pretenses and openly embraced censorship, endless wars, open borders, COVID mandates, gender-related madness and every other form of elitist authoritarianism.<\/p>\n<p>No one blames those former Democrats for taking so long to see the truth. After all, some of us were duped by the likes of Bush and Cheney, too. We had to learn the hard way about our own Republican establishment.<\/p>\n<p>Barker might or might not yet consider herself a MAGA Republican &mdash; if she attended the DNC as recently as last month, then perhaps that is still too much to ask &mdash; but we applaud her honesty and welcome her to the fold all the same.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Therefore, when someone who has experienced it firsthand raises concerns, it warrants our attention and commendation. In a recent opinion article for Newsweek, former Democratic campaign operative and fundraiser Evan Barker shared her reasons for leaving the party after attending the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last August. She described feeling engulfed in an environment that was disconnected from the everyday struggles of regular Americans, where elite attendees chanted slogans like &#8220;We&#8217;re not going back!&#8221; This experience left her feeling disillusioned and isolated.<\/p>\n<p>Barker has dedicated much of her life to Democratic politics, having interned on Barack Obama\u2019s campaign, served as an alternate delegate for Hillary Clinton, and worked as a significant fundraising consultant for federal Democrats. However, she could no longer remain silent as the party shifted towards elitism, perpetual warfare, and identity politics. Coming from a working-class family of lifelong Democrats in Missouri led her to believe that the party represented her values.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, however, she became disillusioned by the harsh reality of soliciting donations from wealthy individuals. Initially thinking there was something wrong with the system itself, she eventually recognized that it functioned precisely as intended: to prevent true representation for working-class people\u2014a feature rather than a flaw.<\/p>\n<p>Barker also expressed disappointment with progressive politics being tainted by divisive identity politics and noted how Democrats have adopted foreign policies reminiscent of George W. Bush&#8217;s era\u2014transforming into a pro-war party. She found it particularly frustrating that Vice President Kamala Harris proudly endorsed Dick Cheney.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately concluding that Democrats had become too condescending and paternalistic during this year&#8217;s DNC in Chicago solidified her decision to leave: \u201cIt\u2019s impossible to unsee what I\u2019ve seen,\u201d she stated while ironically echoing one of Harris\u2019 campaign slogans: \u201cI\u2019m not going back.\u201d Earlier this month on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Barker reiterated these sentiments while providing evidence of her commitment to Democratic causes\u2014claiming to have raised over $30 million for them\u2014and sharing photos with prominent figures like Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders after some doubted her affiliation with the party.<\/p>\n<p>She criticized what she sees as hypocrisy within Democrat ranks\u2014the stark contrast between their rhetoric and actions\u2014and lamented their use of identity politics while expressing fatigue over endless proxy wars abroad along with disdain toward coastal elites&#8217; attitudes toward Middle America. The DNC served as a tipping point in her disenchantment; thus she urged other dissatisfied Democrats: \u201cIf it no longer feels right, make peace and move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The history of the Democratic Party dates back to its origins in slavery and Indian removal during the 1820s; had justice prevailed post-Civil War they might have collapsed by 1865 but instead persisted largely as a regional entity focused on racial segregation until they attempted rebranding themselves during FDR&#8217;s era appealing again towards working-class interests\u2014though often failing those very constituents once elections concluded.<\/p>\n<p>By late 20th century many began recognizing how they were merely used by powerful elites seeking control through envy-driven campaigns leading ultimately towards division along racial lines under new &#8220;social justice&#8221; narratives which some long-time observers had noted well before others\u2014including notable figures like Robert F Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard or Elon Musk\u2014who recently discovered similar truths about today\u2019s increasingly authoritarian tendencies within modern-day Democrat leadership structures including censorship practices alongside open borders policies among others\u2014all contributing factors prompting many former supporters now questioning their allegiance altogether including Evan Barker herself who may still be processing where exactly she stands politically moving forward but nonetheless deserves acknowledgment for speaking out candidly against such trends regardless!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2343348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ew-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[41225,32923,7705,41227,41226],"class_list":["post-2343347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-campaign-operative","tag-democratic-party","tag-dnc","tag-party-disillusionment","tag-political-resignation"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ew-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343347","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=2343347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}