{"id":2440045,"date":"2025-05-28T17:50:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T21:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-text-campaign-for-hagerty-links-voter-id-fears-to-escaped-inmates\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T17:50:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T21:50:53","slug":"gop-text-campaign-for-hagerty-links-voter-id-fears-to-escaped-inmates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-text-campaign-for-hagerty-links-voter-id-fears-to-escaped-inmates\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP text campaign for Hagerty links Voter ID fears to escaped inmates"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fgop-text-campaign-for-hagerty-links-voter-id-fears-to-escaped-inmates%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=2440045&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>A Republican fundraising campaign supporting Senator Bill Hagerty&#8217;s reelection is using fears stemming from the escape of inmates from a New Orleans jail to solicit donations. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >campaign highlights concerns<\/a> that these escaped prisoners could potentially vote if Democrats succeed in banning voter ID laws. Text messages sent out to voters stated: &#8220;Escaped inmates VOTING? If Democrats BAN Voter ID, even the escaped Louisiana prisoners could vote. SUPPORT VOTER ID.&#8221; Recipients were directed to a website promoting a voter ID petition and asking for contributions to Hagerty&#8217;s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Experts note that there is no evidence suggesting the escaped inmates are trying to vote, and individuals with felony convictions are typically barred from voting in Louisiana. Hagerty&#8217;s campaign advocates for stricter voter ID laws,claiming they have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-says-trump-wants-to-tank-infrastructure-bill-because-hes-not-the-one-who-passed-it\/\" title=\"Chris Christie Says Trump Wants To Tank Infrastructure Bill Because He\u2019s Not The One Who Passed It\">broad public support<\/a>. However, the democratic National committee has condemned this messaging as misinformation intended to distract from more pressing issues, such as budget proposals that may adversely affect Louisiana families. the campaign also faced scrutiny after reports indicated that the escaped inmates used electric hair trimmers to cut through their cell walls, with the majority now captured but two still at large.  <\/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\">GOP text campaign supporting Hagerty links Voter ID concerns to escaped Louisiana inmates&nbsp;<\/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_2133810\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republican\">Republican<\/a> fundraising platform supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/sen-bill-hagerty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Sen. Bill Hagerty&rsquo;s (R-TN) \">Sen. Bill Hagerty&rsquo;s (R-TN) <\/a>reelection campaign is soliciting donations from voters off of the escaped Louisiana inmates, and stoking concerns that the prisoners could vote in upcoming elections to promote a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voter-id\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" voter ID petition \"> voter ID petition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/god-sends-confusion-on-the-wicked-progressive-voting-group-just-destroyed-unknown-number-of-dem-votes-in-accident\/\" title=\"God Sends Confusion on the Wicked: Progressive ... Group Just Destroyed Unknown Number of Dem ...s in \u2018Acc...ent\u2019\">text message campaign<\/a>, sent to voters via the Republican fundraising platform <a href=\"https:\/\/winred.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"WinRed\">WinRed<\/a>, links concerns about voter eligibility <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3422396\/three-escaped-new-orleans-inmates-captured-manhunt-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"WinRed\">to the escape of ten inmates<\/a> from a New Orleans jail earlier this month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3424294\/joe-exotic-trump-pardon-todd-julie-chrisley\/\">Joe Exotic calls out Trump&rsquo;s pardon of Todd and Julie Chrisley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3424218\/big-beautiful-bill-provision-shield-trump-federal-judges\/\">Trump&#8217;s &#8216;big, beautiful bill&#8217; could shield him from federal judges<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3424441\/trump-harvard-funding-first-amendment-david-french\/\">No, David French, we have no constitutional duty to subsidize Harvard<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The text messages sent out on Monday afternoon read: &ldquo;Escaped inmates VOTING? If Democrats BAN Voter ID, even the escaped Louisiana prisoners could vote. SUPPORT VOTER ID.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Those who received the message were sent to a<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.winred.com\/teamhagerty\/voter-id-petition\/?recurring=true&amp;utm_campaign=20250527_ScillaSC-BP-M2.115211_t1645470-1263&amp;ex_tid=20250527_ScillaSC-BP-M2.115211_t1645470-1263\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> website<\/a> that claimed the &ldquo;10 Criminals escaped prison, and they are headed to the polls near YOU.&rdquo; The website promotes a voter ID petition along with a contribution that &ldquo;will benefit Team Hagerty.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A screenshot of a text message campaign sent out by WinRed. (Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>There is no evidence that escaped inmates are attempting to vote, and legal experts note that individuals with felony convictions<a href=\"https:\/\/louisianalawhelp.org\/resource\/voting-with-a-criminal-conviction?lang=EN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" are generally barred \"> are generally barred <\/a>from voting in Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>Hagerty&rsquo;s campaign says he remains committed to advancing stricter ID requirements at the polls, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/652523\/americans-endorse-early-voting-voter-verification.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">arguing they align with broad public approval<\/a> despite pushback from Democratic lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Voter ID laws are overwhelmingly supported by the American people and Democrats waged an active campaign against them,&rdquo; Robert Donachie, spokesman for Sen. Hagerty&rsquo;s campaign said in a statement provided to the <em>Washington Examiner.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Donachie continued, <em>&ldquo;<\/em>Senator Hagerty will continue championing strong voter ID laws to ensure the integrity of our elections.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The campaign did not address the allegations about escaped inmates voting. However, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) condemned the fundraising effort as a deliberate effort to spread misinformation and divert attention from Hagerty&rsquo;s intentions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3418852\/house-passes-trump-one-big-beautiful-bill-tax-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">to push forward<\/a> the Republican budget bill.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Senator Hagerty, like his House Republican colleagues, is about to gut Medicaid and rip food away from his own constituents,&rdquo; Abhi Rahman, DNC Deputy Communications Director, said in a statement provided to the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em>&ldquo;This fundraising text is absurd and wrong. Senator Hagerty knows that, but he would rather make up lies than admit the truth: he is preparing to vote for a budget that will devastate families across Louisiana, Tennessee, and the rest of the country.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The inmates who escaped from a Louisiana prison allegedly used electric hair trimmers to help cut their way through the cell walls, according to CNN. The majority of the prisoners have been re-arrested, but two remain at large.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3414993\/10-escape-new-orleans-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"10 ESCAPE FROM NEW ORLEANS JAIL THROUGH HOLE IN CELL WALL WHILE LONE GUARD LEFT TO GET FOOD\">10 ESCAPE FROM NEW ORLEANS JAIL THROUGH HOLE IN CELL WALL WHILE LONE GUARD LEFT TO GET FOOD<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WinRed is the primary online fundraising platform for the Republican Party, launched in 2019 to rival the Democratic Party&rsquo;s ActBlue fundraising platform. WinRed consolidates donations for federal, state, and local GOP campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2024 election cycle, WinRed <a href=\"https:\/\/winred.com\/blog\/2024-cycle\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">processed<\/a> $1.8 billion from 4.5 million donors, marking a 177% increase in usage over four years and a 68% rise in donor participation compared to the previous cycle.<a href=\"https:\/\/winred.com\/blog\/2024-cycle\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"> <\/a>The organization did not respond to a request for comment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_2133810\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2133810\"}});<\/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>GOP campaign ties Voter ID fears to escaped Louisiana inmates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2440046,"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\/2025\/05\/AP24281847825773-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6203,21021,56086],"class_list":["post-2440045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-gop","tag-hagerty","tag-text-campaign"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AP24281847825773-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440045","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\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2440045"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2440049,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440045\/revisions\/2440049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2440046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2440045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2440045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2440045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}