{"id":638495,"date":"2021-08-12T20:20:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T00:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=638495"},"modified":"2021-08-12T20:20:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T00:20:35","slug":"lincoln-project-mocked-over-disgusting-ad-criticizing-abbott-desantis-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lincoln-project-mocked-over-disgusting-ad-criticizing-abbott-desantis-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Lincoln Project Mocked Over \u2018Disgusting\u2019 Ad Criticizing Abbott, DeSantis\u2019 Policies"},"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\">20<\/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%2Flincoln-project-mocked-over-disgusting-ad-criticizing-abbott-desantis-policies%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=638495&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/TwitterSreenshot@ProjectLincoln-scaled-e1628790294401.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Two Republican governors were the latest targets of the Lincoln Project in an ad posted Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Lincoln Project ad, which targeted the Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over their recent stances opposing mask mandates, has been mocked as an exaggeration of the threat COVID-19 poses to children and a political ploy to raise money for the political group.<\/p>\n<p>The video showed a child at a school desk learning in person while a title read, \u201cThis is where your child should be this fall.\u201d It then switched to footage of a child hooked up to a ventilator with a caption reading, \u201cThis\u2026 Is where they could be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you could prevent this, wouldn\u2019t you? Wouldn\u2019t anyone?\u201d the ad text said, before switching to a split-screen of Abbott and DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst they asked you to sacrifice your grandparents for the economy, now it\u2019s your children,\u201d the Lincoln Project tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.7094972067039\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">First they asked you to sacrifice your grandparents for the economy, now it\u2019s your children. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/izVGYaY3Pt\">pic.twitter.com\/izVGYaY3Pt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProjectLincoln\/status\/1425532474772180998?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter users were quick to mock the video, including Journalist Glenn Greenwald who said \u201conly psychopaths would produce\u201d such an advertisement and criticized the political project for telling people how to keep children safe when its own co-founder has been <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/15\/lincoln-project-silent-john-weaver-allegations-sexual-misconduct\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accused of multiple allegations<\/a> of sexual misconduct against minors.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.620111731844\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You have to give credit where it\u2019s due: they understand how the minds of the weakest and most pathetic liberals function, which is how they\u2019ve been able to fleece so much money from them in exchange for nothing of value, and continue the scam even after all they got caught doing: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NI9nyzfkQd\">https:\/\/t.co\/NI9nyzfkQd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1425562624838840320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Washington Examiner\u2019s Seth Mandel called the advertisement, \u201cpsychotic even for the Lincoln Project\u201d and criticized the group\u2019s claim that they wanted to protect children. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/10\/21\/lincoln-project-iran-misinformation-proud-boys-emails-threatening-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED:&nbsp;Lincoln Project Appears To Have Helped Iranian Disinformation Effort Go Viral)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.3147208121827\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That Lincoln Project ad is psychotic even for the Lincoln Project. Also they should probably shy away from accusing others of not protecting children.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SethAMandel\/status\/1425534135372746764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Writer Drew Holden also criticized the Lincoln project\u2019s history of \u201cendangering children.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.0104712041885\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In fairness, the Lincoln Project has far more expertise in endangering children than in successful electoral politics. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ALAfDjcqdp\">https:\/\/t.co\/ALAfDjcqdp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewHolden360\/status\/1425537656184770566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Journalist Zach Weissmueller called the video \u201cdisgusting,\u201d and a \u201cfear mongering\u201d tactic to promote cloth masks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.3877551020408\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just saw a disgusting, fear-mongering Lincoln Project ad suggesting that your kid is likely to end up on a ventilator unless your governor mandates she wear a cloth mask at school all day.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zach Weissmueller (@TheAbridgedZach) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAbridgedZach\/status\/1425555968872501248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some individuals tweeted in support of the advertisement, including some of Lincoln Project\u2019s staff, who criticized the approaches of the Florida and Texas governors.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.379746835443\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW AD: Today, The Lincoln Project released a new ad: \u201cBack To School.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The spot targets governors <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonDeSantisFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RonDeSantisFL<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GregAbbott_TX<\/a> for placing their own political ambition ahead of the health and safety of children heading back to school. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b2aQIV089v\">pic.twitter.com\/b2aQIV089v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RC Di Mezzo (@rcdimezzo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rcdimezzo\/status\/1425536601908711431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.8333333333333\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">whoa \u2014 they went there <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nyrlibb5Nj\">https:\/\/t.co\/Nyrlibb5Nj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarah Burris (@SarahBurris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahBurris\/status\/1425585792987111432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Lincoln Project is a PAC <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/10\/27\/anti-trump-lincoln-project-media-business-post-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">founded<\/a> by \u201cnever-Trump\u201d ex-GOP figures including Rick Wilson, Steve Schmidt and George Conway. Several founding members resigned in early 2021 after a co-founder of the group, John Weaver, was accused of sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Republican governors were the latest targets of the Lincoln Project in an ad posted Wednesday.The Lincoln Project ad, which targeted the Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. 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