{"id":939037,"date":"2021-10-29T20:14:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T00:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=939037"},"modified":"2021-10-29T20:14:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T00:14:17","slug":"lincoln-project-takes-responsibility-for-tiki-torch-hoax-in-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lincoln-project-takes-responsibility-for-tiki-torch-hoax-in-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Lincoln Project Takes Responsibility for Tiki Torch Hoax in Virginia"},"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-takes-responsibility-for-tiki-torch-hoax-in-virginia%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=939037&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\/10\/Five-Tiki-Torch-Carrying-People-in-Frong-of-Glenn-Youngkin-Bus-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Lincoln Project took responsibility Friday evening for the tiki torch hoax, which involved five people raising tiki torches in front of candidate Glenn Youngkin\u2019s campaign bus \u2013 \u201can obvious nod to Charlottesville and white supremacy \u2014 as many surmise it is nothing more than a stunt by the Democrat\u2019s supporters days before Election Day,\u201d Breitbart News&nbsp;<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/29\/terry-mcauliffe-mocked-over-viral-picture-of-youngkin-supporters-with-tiki-torches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Lincoln Project\u2019s admission <a href=\"https:\/\/lincolnproject.us\/statement-from-the-lincoln-project-5\/\">reads<\/a> in part:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"16\">\n<p>The Lincoln Project has run&nbsp;advertisements&nbsp;highlighting the hate unleashed in Charlottesville as well as Glenn Youngkin\u2019s continued failure to denounce Donald Trump\u2019s \u2018very fine people on both sides.\u2019 We will continue to draw this contrast in broadcast videos, on our social media platforms, and at Youngkin rallies.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s demonstration was our way of reminding Virginians what happened in Charlottesville four years ago, the Republican Party\u2019s embrace of those values, and Glenn Youngkin\u2019s failure to condemn it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But the Lincoln Project took former President Trump\u2019s comments out of context. At Trump\u2019s second impeachment trial, the president\u2019s lawyers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/02\/12\/watch-trump-defense-destroys-the-charlottesville-very-fine-people-hoax\/\">refuted<\/a> that Trump ever called neo-Nazis in Charlottesville \u201cvery fine people.\u201d A record of Trump\u2019s full statement&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/article\/2019\/apr\/26\/context-trumps-very-fine-people-both-sides-remarks\/\">reveals<\/a> Trump said there \u201cwere very fine people, on both sides\u201d:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p>Excuse me, excuse me. They didn\u2019t put themselves \u2014 and&nbsp;you had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides.&nbsp;You had people in that group. Excuse me, excuse me. I saw the same pictures as you did. You had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down of, to them, a very, very important statue and the renaming of a park from Robert E. Lee to another name.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Lincoln Project\u2019s statement comes after questions arose on social media of who might be the five individuals and for whom do they work. At least one of the individuals was&nbsp;<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimRunsHisMouth\/status\/1454158805785268227?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">identified<\/a>&nbsp;by social media as a campaign staffer for Democrat&nbsp;McAuliffe:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.038910505837\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One of them is the financial director for the Virginia Young Democrats\u2026 and since being outed as such, has made his Twitter private.  <\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re welcome for me doing your job for you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YVhNbm74bP\">pic.twitter.com\/YVhNbm74bP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimRunsHisMouth\/status\/1454158805785268227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" readability=\"11.5\">\n<p>Youngkin responded to viral photos by stating the five individuals must work for McAuliffe and were sent by&nbsp;him:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p>I think they work for Terry McAuliffe, and I\u2019m sure he sent them. They\u2019ll do anything to win, and he\u2019s doing anything to win, and so he\u2019s paying people to show up and act silly at our rallies.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" readability=\"17.334230355221\">\n<p>The Democrat Party of Virginia, meanwhile, denied their \u201ccoordinated partners\u201d or \u201caffiliates\u201d had anything to do with the stunt while highlighting Charlottesville, a wink to&nbsp;white supremacy, as a \u201ctragedy and one of the darkest moments in our state\u2019s recent memories.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.5474452554745\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement on Glenn Youngkin\u2019s bus stop earlier today: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hw0svCAW9W\">pic.twitter.com\/Hw0svCAW9W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Whitley (@AndrewWhitleyVA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewWhitleyVA\/status\/1454167401831051285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lincoln Project took responsibility Friday evening for the tiki torch hoax, which involved five people raising tiki torches in front of candidate Glenn Youngkin\u2019s campaign bus \u2013 \u201can obvious &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-939037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939037","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\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}