{"id":2414950,"date":"2025-03-25T09:23:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T13:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-march-madness-meet-the-bitter-16\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T09:28:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T13:28:35","slug":"leftist-march-madness-meet-the-bitter-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-march-madness-meet-the-bitter-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftist March Madness: Meet The Bitter 16"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fleftist-march-madness-meet-the-bitter-16%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=2414950&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 article presents a satirical comparison of the NCAA Men\u2019s Basketball Tournament to a political &#8220;March Madness&#8221; among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-is-open-new-york-is-closed-and-ny-has-more-covid-deaths\/\" title=\"Florida Is Open, New York Is Closed, And NY Has More COVID Deaths\">left-wing politicians<\/a>, dubbed the &#8220;Bitter 16.&#8221; It mockingly highlights various political figures and their questionable antics, suggesting they&#8217;re vying for an absurd title of &#8220;national crazy crown.&#8221; Key players in this political tournament include prominent figures such as Senator Bernie Sanders, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament is segmented into four regions: East, Midwest, West, and South, each featuring a lineup of candidates characterized by exaggerated traits and controversies. For example,Sanders is portrayed as a baffling veteran of leftist politics out of touch with reality,while others like Judge Boasberg and Governor J.B. pritzker are criticized for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/propublicas-smearing-of-conservative-justices-is-part-of-the-lefts-ploy-to-destroy-the-court\/\" title=\"ProPublica&#039;s attack on conservative justices is part of the left&#039;s plot to dismantle the Court.\">liberal judicial activism<\/a> and political maneuvers.<\/p>\n<p>The author employs humor and hyperbole to depict the intense and erratic nature of current leftist politics, making parallels with the unpredictability of the basketball tournament. The piece concludes with a nod to the state of journalism, highlighting the author&#8217;s background and role as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-throws-out-leftist-nevada-ags-phony-fake-electors-case\/\" title=\"... Throws Out ... Nevada AG&#039;s Phony &#039;Fake Electors&#039; Case\">senior elections correspondent<\/a> for The Federalist.  <\/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<div>\n<p>And then there were 16.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While much of the nation has been riveted by the opening rounds of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/basketball-men\/mml-official-bracket\/2025-03-23\/latest-bracket-schedule-and-scores-2025-ncaa-mens-tournament\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NCAA Men&rsquo;s basketball tournament<\/a>, the lunatics on the political left have been battling it out in their own game of March Madness. After some tough, bruising contests of left-wing mental illness, the &ldquo;Bitter 16&rdquo; have survived to fight it out for the national crazy crown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Which one of these ranting, hypocritical libs will emerge the ultimate victor? Will it be one of the big government socialists, a perennial powerhouse in progressive politics making another deep run in the Big Dance? Or will it be an upstart radical Marxist poised to slip on the Cinderella slipper in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">flamboyant drag queen fashion<\/a>?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let&rsquo;s look at the remaining brackets and see who&rsquo;s still dancing in this mad march to leftist insanity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>East Regional<\/h2>\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Bernie_Sanders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/strong><\/a>  &mdash; The old &ldquo;independent&rdquo; leftist from Vermont, is, as Paul Simon sang, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q5Eoax6I-O4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">still crazy after all these years<\/a>. Bernie has been on what he likes to call <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/opinion\/op-ed\/philboas\/2025\/03\/21\/tempe-aoc-bernie-sanders-democrat-oligarchy\/82592745007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Fighting Oligarchy Tour<\/a>. Think of it like <a href=\"https:\/\/burningman.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Burning Man<\/a> but led by a cranky geriatric politician bereft of self-awareness. Bernie Man. On the tour, Sanders calls President Trump and other billionaires he doesn&rsquo;t like oligarchs while failing to mention the billionaire liberals who have bought up the channels of American power and influence. The Democrat Party&rsquo;s previous octogenarian standard bearer, it should be noted, recently awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom to one of those socialist oligarchs &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-medal-of-freedom-clinton-soros-denzel-washington-4b19a363d3058ac3b8107e2002b93651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">George Soros.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/5210593-trump-boasberg-alien-enemies-act-deportation-venezuelans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>U.S. District Judge James Boasberg<\/strong><\/a>  &mdash; The Obama-nominated activist judge has certainly made a name for himself in judicial madness. Boasberg, a D.C. judge with an ax to grind, is poised to make a deep run in this bat guano crazy tournament &mdash; if he has to take down the republic to do it. As my Federalist colleague John Daniel Davidson recently <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/18\/trump-is-right-to-push-back-against-judicial-supremacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>, Boasberg is a &ldquo;virulently anti-Trump judge with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/17\/protecting-terrorists-is-just-the-latest-of-judge-boasbergs-partisan-activism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a long history of questionable judicial activism<\/a>&rdquo; who did the bidding of far-left lawfare groups in issuing his temporary restraining order against the Trump administration&rsquo;s efforts to deport gang members and terrorists. In this mad March, expect the leftist referees to have the biggest impact on the games.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Chuck_Schumer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sen. Chuck Schumer<\/strong><\/a>&mdash; While the nasty, old Democrat may have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2020\/03\/05\/schumer-trump-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released the whirlwind<\/a> of intra-party feuding after effectively standing with the GOP to pass another continuing resolution, Schumer is a cockroach of congressional politics. The New York liberal has survived just about everything in his 50-plus years in the political arena. The leftist young guns may gunning for him, but the vindictive Senate minority leader has enough muck on his caucus to stick around a little longer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4. <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Hakeem_Jeffries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Rep. Hakeem Jeffries<\/strong><\/a>  &mdash; The embattled House minority leader has made it this far, but the New York left-winger has a battle on his hands with the party&rsquo;s far-left base. Hakeem&rsquo;s Trump-hating resistance movement isn&rsquo;t resisting or hating nearly as much as the <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/5211829-moveon-senate-minority-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moveon.org crowd<\/a> would like. Sure, Jeffries has at times stepped up his radical rhetorical game, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/31\/the-violent-dems-turning-up-the-heat-in-escalating-war-on-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">threatening to &ldquo;fight&rdquo;<\/a> Trump and Republicans in the streets. But he&rsquo;s been accused of failing to use his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/03\/23\/politics\/hakeem-jeffries-nancy-pelosi-democratic-party-crossroads\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;power&rdquo;<\/a> to push back on the Trump agenda. Without much of an inside presence, Jeffries&rsquo; mad March appears to be in doubt. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>All across the country, people are tired of the greed of the billionaire class.<\/p>\n<p>They are tired of a corrupt political system that leaves working people behind.<\/p>\n<p>Join me and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AOC<\/a> LIVE from Denver, Colorado: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w6RwtwWbry\">https:\/\/t.co\/w6RwtwWbry<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieSanders\/status\/1903228167759737119?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Midwest Regional<\/h2>\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/08\/07\/nx-s1-5066878\/tim-walz-tampon-law-minnesota\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tampon Tim Walz<\/a> &mdash; The Democrat Minnesota Gov. and bumbling running mate of also-ran Kamala Harris has been on a redemption tour of late to rebuild whatever brand some criminally overpaid consultants thought he is or was. He&rsquo;s been trying to explain why the Dem presidential ticket didn&rsquo;t win. Such arguments should begin and end with a mirror. Timmy is talking tough and taking names. The same guy who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/columnist-defends-walz-putting-tampons-boys-rooms-way-king-stud-guys-offer-them-girls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signed a law<\/a> requiring tampon dispensers in Minnesota schools&rsquo; boys bathrooms told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2025\/03\/23\/gavin-newsom-podcast-conservatives-charlie-kirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suddenly podcaster California Gov. Gavin Newsom<\/a> that Trump voters are <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/5208305-gov-tim-walz-rehabilitation-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;scared&rdquo; of his masculinity.<\/a> That kind of blustering delusion will serve Walz well, making him a solid contender for the leftist Elitist Eight.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Ilhan_Omar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Rep. Ilhan Omar <\/strong><\/a>&mdash; Another Minnesota Marxist, Omar, of course, rides with the insane clown posse of far-left House members known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/news\/politics\/2024\/05\/22\/progressive-congressional-dems-known-as-the-squad\/73793884007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Squad.<\/a> When she&rsquo;s not shrilly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/omar-slams-trump-musk-changes-usaid-accuses-president-running-dictatorship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accusing President Trump of being a dictator<\/a>, Omar is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/12\/ilhan-omar-is-a-walking-case-for-higher-u-s-citizenship-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advising illegal immigrants<\/a> how to avoid Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. She could play for Columbia Jew haters, but Omar prefers to take her antisemitism game to the halls of Congress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/J.B._Pritzker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Gov. J.B. Pritzker<\/strong><\/a>  &mdash;&nbsp; Sure, the Illinois leftist is morbidly obese and in no condition to run up and down the court for 40 minutes. But Pritzker is filthy rich, and big money is a big player in far-left politics. He&rsquo;s also got a liberal loathing for the law and law enforcement, particularly his penchant for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/illinois-chicago-sued-immigration-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hindering ICE&rsquo;s efforts to enforce immigration laws.<\/a> This governor with the triple chin is a triple threat this March.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/24\/trump-endorses-conservative-in-very-important-wi-supreme-court-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Judge Susan Crawford<\/strong><\/a>  &mdash;&nbsp; The far-left Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate is a dark horse for sure, but she&rsquo;s got massive amounts of Big Left money backing her campaign against conservative candidate Judge Brad Schimel. If Crawford wins, liberals will maintain a 4-3 majority that would likely <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/27\/complaint-accuses-far-left-wi-supreme-court-candidate-of-crossing-ethics-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rig Wisconsin&rsquo;s congressional maps<\/a> to give Democrats a good chance to take back the U.S. House and disrupt the Trump agenda.&nbsp; The outside game is making this swing state Supreme Court race the most expensive in U.S history.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<h2>West Regional&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Mazie_Hirono\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sen. Mazie Hirono<\/strong><\/a>  &mdash; Perhaps the Senate&rsquo;s ultimate DEI representative, Hirono has been a high seed in identity politics. Who could forget the Hawaii Democrat&rsquo;s memorable tournament run in 2012, when she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hirono.senate.gov\/news\/in-the-news\/2013\/03\/11\/sen-hirono-joke-goes-viral-on-social-media#:~:text=%22I%20bring%20quadruple%20diversity%20to,I'm%20an%20immigrant.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">boasted<\/a> that she brought &ldquo;quadruple diversity to the Senate,&rdquo; noting, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m a woman. I&rsquo;ll be the first Asian woman ever to be elected to the U.S. Senate. I&rsquo;m an immigrant. I&rsquo;m a Buddhist.&rdquo; She proudly added, &ldquo;When I said this at a gathering, they said, &lsquo;Yes, but are you gay?&rsquo; I said, &lsquo;Nobody&rsquo;s perfect.&rsquo;&rdquo; Now that&rsquo;s a DEI liberal powerhouse. For leftists, Hirono&rsquo;s got the right stuff.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Nancy_Pelosi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Rep. Nancy Pelosi <\/strong><\/a>&mdash; The California raisin has been around the block and then some in the world of leftist power politics. While the old girl may not be what she used to be, Pelosi, like Schumer, remains one of the blue bloods of the old Democratic Party guard. The fairy godmother of Obamacare still has some crazy tricks up her sleeve to have a Cinderella moment in this tournament of madness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Adam_Schiff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sen. Adam Schiff<\/strong><\/a>  &mdash;&nbsp;Only California could elect a repugnant slug like <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/17\/three-russia-hoax-bombshells-hidden-in-ig-report-on-doj-surveillance-of-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adam Schiff<\/a> to the Senate. But that&rsquo;s where we are at in this mad, mad world. He&rsquo;s got an undefeated record against ethics and integrity. And few hold a candle to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/jimmy-kimmel-gets-adam-schiff-to-tell-donald-trump-to-go-f-himself\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Schiff&rsquo;s all-consuming Trump Derangement Syndrome<\/a>. The new senator should be in prison, but Schiff is here to play.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/24\/us-news\/fbi-launches-task-force-to-nail-criminals-behind-fiery-tesla-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Tesla Torchers<\/strong><\/a>  &mdash; A taste 2020 is back with a bang as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/03\/20\/charges-tesla-arson-justice-department\/82569644007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> radicals face charges<\/a> of heaving Molotov cocktails at Teslas and charging stations. Leftists who loved Tesla founder Elon Musk for his environmental activism now want to see his electric vehicles burn. Now that&rsquo;s March Madness!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>There&rsquo;s a very obvious reason why Adam Schiff is panicking outside the FBI building this morning&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>Kash Patel: &ldquo;Adam Schiff is the worst criminal in Congress in the last 250 years.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9yiQBzHMEN\">pic.twitter.com\/9yiQBzHMEN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1892637393791992296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>South Regional<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/strong><\/a>  &mdash; You just can&rsquo;t have a tournament of leftist lunacy without AOC. You can&rsquo;t. The Green New Deal peddler&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/5208462-ocasio-cortez-leadership-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">star continues to rise<\/a> in a Democrat Party that clearly has learned nothing from its devastating losses in November. Never underestimate AOC&rsquo;s march to madness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> <strong>The cast of <em>The View<\/em><\/strong>. It doesn&rsquo;t get much crazier than these ladies. Their body of work speaks for itself. With <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/24\/msnbc-may-be-canceling-joy-reid-but-leftists-just-cant-quit-crazy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joy Reid<\/a> knocked out of the race to the bottom, Sunny, Joy, Whoopi, and the rest of the gang have a good chance to keep dancing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/bill-burr-tells-the-view-elon-musk-going-trash-planet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Comedian Bill Burr<\/strong><\/a>  &mdash; Bombastic Bill&rsquo;s recent turn left sounded the alarm that his overplayed &ldquo;fearless&rdquo; schtick was just that. Schtick. During an <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/22\/bill-burrs-the-view-appearance-betrays-his-screw-you-brand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appearance<\/a> on <em>The View<\/em>, Burr stuffed his male genitalia into Joy Behar&rsquo;s purse and carried it around for her. He joined the chorus of Musk haters on the left. That might buy his new Hulu comedy special a few more leftist viewers, but Burr crossed over to boring long before he began courting the liberals he once skewered. He&rsquo;s a bald Lewis Black in comedy no man&rsquo;s land. His run is done.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. The<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>  Bulwark<\/strong><\/a>  &mdash; Bill Kristol and the gang at the faux conservative publication have so much hatred for Donald Trump and love for big government that they would make the perfect useful idiots for the Democratic Party &mdash; if anyone read the Bulwark. But don&rsquo;t expect a trip to the Final Fiends from this group. Filled with effete elitists, the publication clearly made the Bitter 16 as a favor to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/political-party\/lincoln-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lincoln Project.<\/a> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And then there were 16. 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