{"id":2540854,"date":"2026-01-17T14:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T19:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/81-gop-lawmakers-just-voted-to-fund-an-elite-org-that-exists-to-elect-democrats-and-suppress-maga\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T14:20:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T19:20:51","slug":"81-gop-lawmakers-just-voted-to-fund-an-elite-org-that-exists-to-elect-democrats-and-suppress-maga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/81-gop-lawmakers-just-voted-to-fund-an-elite-org-that-exists-to-elect-democrats-and-suppress-maga\/","title":{"rendered":"81 GOP Lawmakers Just Voted to Fund an Elite Org That Exists to Elect Democrats and Suppress MAGA"},"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\">36<\/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%2F81-gop-lawmakers-just-voted-to-fund-an-elite-org-that-exists-to-elect-democrats-and-suppress-maga%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=2540854&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>An article reports that a House vote rejected an amendment from Rep. Eli Crane too defund the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), wiht 81 House Republicans joining about 210 Democrats to keep the institution&#8217;s funding.Crane called NED a &#8220;rogue&#8221; group that uses federal money to influence elections, promote censorship, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/so-called-disinformation-groups-target-conservative-media\/\" title=\"So-Called &quot;Disinformation Groups&quot; Target Conservative Media\">target conservative media<\/a>, and he vowed to keep pushing to expose and defund it. Critics cited NED-affiliated scholar Rachel Kleinfeld&#8217;s 2022 paper,&#8221;Five Strategies to Support U.S. Democracy,&#8221; arguing it endorses tactics-like cultivating &#8220;responsible conservatives,&#8221; prioritizing primary contests, engaging the left with policy gains, and using &#8220;sticks&#8221; such as fines and legal pressure-that some see as partisan or aimed at limiting conservative influence. Social-media commentators amplified these concerns and attacked republicans who voted to retain funding; the article singles out Rep. Elise Stefanik and Rep. Andy Barr among those opposed to the amendment.the piece frames the debate as a partisan fight over weather a government-funded NGO is intervening in U.S. politics and whether Republicans who support it are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-claims-voters-would-not-tolerate-effort-to-oust-gaetz-despite-mccarthy-battle\/\" title=\"MTG asserts ...rs won&#039;t accept ousting Gaetz amid McCarthy clash.\">betraying conservative principles<\/a>.  <\/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> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><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>It&rsquo;s an organization that openly uses your tax money to elect Democrats and suppress MAGA-centric Republicans. And 81 Republicans just voted against defunding it.<\/p>\n<p>You read that right: Not 81 Democrats, 81&nbsp;<em>Republicans.&nbsp;<\/em>That&rsquo;s the number <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/establishment-gop-waking-up-national-review-split-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">of GOPers<\/a> who joined 210 Democrats to keep the National Endowment for Democracy sucking on the government teat.<\/p>\n<p>The vote, which happened Wednesday, regarded an amendment offered by Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/eli-crane-sends-clear-message-swamp-rep-posts-donation-records-cant-bought\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eli Crane<\/a> of Arizona to pull funding for the non-governmental organization.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Tonight, the Uniparty rejected my amendment to defund NED. 81 &lsquo;republicans&rsquo; voted with democrats to fund this rogue organization that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >fuels global censorship<\/a> and domestic propaganda,&rdquo; Crane wrote on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tonight, the Uniparty rejected my amendment to defund NED.<\/p>\n<p>81 &lsquo;republicans&rsquo; voted with democrats to fund this rogue organization that fuels global censorship and domestic propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>To see how your representative voted, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yXw10mNBiO\">https:\/\/t.co\/yXw10mNBiO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vv9CABqpoV\">pic.twitter.com\/Vv9CABqpoV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepEliCrane\/status\/2011569907079790707?\">January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To say that NED is a partisan organization is a bit like saying Napoleon was a leader who had issues with border incursions: true, and a massive understatement. For instance, they&rsquo;re one of the leading groups trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-george-soros-sent-funding-group-aims-crush-conservative-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pull ad money from organizations<\/a> they consider &ldquo;disinformation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">And swamp republicans teamed up with democrats to give them $315 million more of YOUR dollars this week.<\/p>\n<p>Disgusting. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TK3jwJwj3S\">https:\/\/t.co\/TK3jwJwj3S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepEliCrane\/status\/2011953411915182569?\">January 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And what do they consider &ldquo;disinformation?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>X pundit DataRepublican &mdash; a programmer who helped expose just how much rot there was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-orders-migrant-kids-evil-even-people-resigned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in USAID<\/a> &mdash; did a deep dive on it, starting with &ldquo;perhaps the most credentialed expert with NED,&rdquo; Rachel Kleinfeld.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If you don&rsquo;t believe me &ndash; let&rsquo;s go to Rachel Kleinfeld. She is perhaps the most credentialed expert with NED:<\/p>\n<p>&#12539;Trustee of the National Endowment for Democracy<br \/> &#12539;Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace<br \/> &#12539;Trustee of Freedom House<br \/> &#12539;Served on the U.S.&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0JIAWMkjSV\">pic.twitter.com\/0JIAWMkjSV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DataRepublican\/status\/2011452891006108076?\">January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Kleinfeld authored a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-sen-chris-murphy-cozies-up-with-ceo-of-insidious-propaganda-outfit-after-leaving-his-wife\/\" title=\"Dem Sen. Chris Murphy Cozies Up with CEO of &#039;Insidious&#039; Propaganda Outfit After Leaving His Wife\">paper entitled &#038;ldquo<\/a>;Five Strategies to Support U.S. Democracy.&rdquo; One of them wasn&rsquo;t to get Democrats elected. Not that she thought that was a bad goal for NED or other NGOs, mind you: She thought it <em>wasn&rsquo;t enough<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In her view, it&rsquo;s not enough to just increase turnout and help Democrats win.<\/p>\n<p>(That a NED scholar lists &ldquo;electing Democrats&rdquo; as an implicit tactic to preserve democracy should signal to any Republican how unserious they are being when they support NED.) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I1JwzzD1Ib\">pic.twitter.com\/I1JwzzD1Ib<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DataRepublican\/status\/2011453910909854137?\">January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Instead, what we really needed was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flashback-video-lincoln-projects-rick-wilson-said-put-bullet-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">controlled opposition<\/a>, which she called &ldquo;responsible conservatives.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A democracy cannot exist with illiberal, antidemocratic politicians in charge,&rdquo; she wrote, saying that Republicans who voted against certifying the Electoral College vote in 2020 without further investigation were &ldquo;an angry minority of voters&rdquo; that, because of the two-party system, represent &ldquo;an existential challenge to democracy itself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s right: If the Democrats can&rsquo;t pick their opposition, democracy loses. See the logic there? You probably don&rsquo;t unless you realize the authoritarian impulse that language is attempting to put a fig leaf over:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is why I keep saying that the primaries will be where the elections happen from now on.<\/p>\n<p>They are investing massive amounts of money and candidates into overwhelming every primary at every ballot in every state.<\/p>\n<p>The R\/D labels will not matter.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DataRepublican\/status\/2011454614240219419?\">January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>She also says that the left needs to &ldquo;reduce social demand for the right for illiberal policies&rdquo; on stuff like DEI and establishmentarianism through some vague sort of way that goes about &ldquo;addressing these social forces.&rdquo; (This, in the intervening years, seems to have taken the form of the left telling non-favored identity groups &ldquo;you&rsquo;ve never had it to so good, so shush and let us diminish you.&rdquo;)<\/p>\n<p>Also, she cited the need to &ldquo;engage the left in defending democracy by making it deliver.&rdquo; Translation: socialism with a smiley face.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Third tactic: Engage the left by making democracy deliver for them.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, give the Left all the socialist freebies they&rsquo;ve been clamoring for and maybe they&rsquo;ll fight for NED.<\/p>\n<p>All sticks for conservatives, all carrots for Communists. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lN6hwa5AGD\">pic.twitter.com\/lN6hwa5AGD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DataRepublican\/status\/2011455382733139990?\">January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It gets no better, particularly when she said that her strategy &ldquo;requires sticks as well as carrots&rdquo; and &ldquo;there are red lines that must be upheld for democracy to work.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fifth tactic &ndash; Strengthen accountability to reset norms. This means increased fines, increased lawfare, suppression of speech, and everything to make sure conservatives cannot rise up. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wmq8QGfPs5\">pic.twitter.com\/wmq8QGfPs5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DataRepublican\/status\/2011456115687727243?\">January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kleinfeld is NED. This is what NED believes,&rdquo; DataRepublican concluded. &ldquo;I cannot emphasize enough what a stupid, foolish, idiotic thing it is for Republicans to support NED. They are either mentally retarded or secretly Democrats.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kleinfeld is NED. This is what NED believes.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot emphasize enough what a stupid, foolish, idiotic thing it is for Republicans to support NED. They are either mentally retarded or secretly Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DataRepublican\/status\/2011456310261506462?\">January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And this wasn&rsquo;t just the usual suspects voting to retain funding for NED, although they were there. Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York voted no on the amendment. So did Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr, who&rsquo;s running to replace Mitch McConnell once he retires in 2026. These are people who are supposed to be the leaders of the party &mdash; and instead, they&rsquo;re voting to spend money on an organization that wants to defeat them and defund those who express their opinions.<\/p>\n<p>Crane, for his part, promises not to give up the fight.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This week&rsquo;s votes in Congress teach an important lesson.<\/p>\n<p>For decades, the swamp has gotten away with passing garbage because they know <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-creeps-attack-free-store-for-needy-families-because-their-senator-supports-israel\/\" title=\"Anti-Israel Creeps Attack Free Store for Needy Families Because Their Senator Supports Israel\">folks won&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t notice.<\/p>\n<p>Well those days should be over. Pay attention. Ask tough questions.<\/p>\n<p>A handful of us will keep fighting to expose it.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepEliCrane\/status\/2012163137684820264?\">January 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This week&rsquo;s votes in Congress teach an important lesson. For decades, the swamp has gotten away with passing garbage because they know folks won&rsquo;t notice,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well those days should be over. Pay attention. Ask tough questions. 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