{"id":939751,"date":"2021-10-30T00:28:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T04:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=939751"},"modified":"2021-10-30T00:28:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T04:28:50","slug":"democrat-operative-admits-involvement-in-failed-virginia-tiki-torch-false-flag-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-operative-admits-involvement-in-failed-virginia-tiki-torch-false-flag-plot\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Operative Admits Involvement in Failed Virginia Tiki Torch False Flag Plot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fdemocrat-operative-admits-involvement-in-failed-virginia-tiki-torch-false-flag-plot%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=939751&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 class=\"subheading\">Lauren Windsor, a Democrat operative, admitted her involvement in Friday\u2019s failed tiki torch plot that attempted to smear Republican Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin as a white supremacist.<\/p>\n<p>Windsor often poses undercover as a conservative activist to dupe politicians into making controversial comments.<\/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<p>\u201cIn my capacity as a communications consultant, I worked w @ProjectLincoln to coordinate today\u2019s Youngkin action in Charlottesville,\u201d Windsor tweeted. \u201cI join them in the fight to defend our democracy from rightwing extremists and call for Glenn Youngkin to denounce Trump\u2019s \u2018very fine people.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.9539877300613\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In my capacity as a communications consultant, I worked w <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProjectLincoln?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ProjectLincoln<\/a> to coordinate today&#8217;s Youngkin action in Charlottesville. I join them in the fight to defend our democracy from rightwing extremists and call for Glenn Youngkin to denounce Trump\u2019s \u2018very fine people.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lawindsor\/status\/1454211815806619651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The tiki torch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/29\/lincoln-project-takes-responsibility-for-tiki-torch-hoax-in-virginia\/\"><span>hoax<\/span><\/a> alluded to the 2017 Charlottesville protests by having five people hold tiki torches while posing in front of Glenn Youngkin\u2019s campaign bus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>This stunt attempted to push the false narrative that Youngkin\u2019s candidacy is synonymous with racism and white supremacy.<\/p>\n<p>Reporters and politicians were quick to highlight the tiki hoax, giving the stunt credibility. However, many users on social media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/29\/terry-mcauliffe-mocked-over-viral-picture-of-youngkin-supporters-with-tiki-torches\/\"><span>questioned<\/span><\/a> its authenticity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.6881355932203\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These men approached <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennYoungkin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GlennYoungkin<\/a>\u2019s bus as it pulled up saying what sounded like, \u201cWe\u2019re all in for Glenn.\u201d Here they are standing in front of the bus as his campaign event at Guadalajara started.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBC29?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBC29<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l681ejyBjc\">pic.twitter.com\/l681ejyBjc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elizabeth Holmes (@holmes_reports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/holmes_reports\/status\/1454094826824212485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.0819672131148\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I demand all of these white nationalists be fired from their jobs at the Virginia Democrat Party immediately! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rIq8aU0hwl\">https:\/\/t.co\/rIq8aU0hwl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimRunsHisMouth\/status\/1454159437632098307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Democrat Party of Virginia then denied that it or its \u201ccoordinated partners\u201d or \u201caffiliates\u201d played any role in the tiki stunt.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\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<p>Ultimately, the pro-Democrat Lincoln Project owned up to staging the event. \u201cThe Lincoln Project has run advertisements 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\u201d the Lincoln Project said in a statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8882681564246\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lincoln Project claims credit for the &#8220;white supremacist&#8221; stunt at Youngkin&#8217;s campaign event today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h18Sfk5AUC\">pic.twitter.com\/h18Sfk5AUC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McCormackJohn\/status\/1454196150177783811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cToday\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,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>However, Windsor and the Lincoln Project\u2019s embrace of the \u201cvery fine people\u201d quote takes former President Trump\u2019s comments out of context, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/29\/lincoln-project-takes-responsibility-for-tiki-torch-hoax-in-virginia\/\">debunked<\/a> in the president\u2019s second impeachment trial. Moreover, a record of Trump\u2019s entire statement about Charlottesville reveals Trump said there \u201cwere very fine people on both sides,\u201d while admitting there were \u201csome very bad people in that group\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p>Excuse me, excuse me. They didn\u2019t put themselves \u2014 and you had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. 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<div id=\"attachment_18478530\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/oct-26-2021-joe-biden-campaigns-virginia-terry-mcauliffe-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18478530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/oct-26-2021-joe-biden-campaigns-virginia-terry-mcauliffe-getty.jpg\" alt=\"US President Joe Biden (L) and Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe gesture during a campaign event at Virginia Highlands Park in Arlington, Virginia on October 26, 2021. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm \/ AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. President Joe Biden (L) and Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe gesture during a campaign event at Virginia Highlands Park in Arlington, Virginia on October 26, 2021. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Friday\u2019s tiki torch hoax is not the publicity McAuliffe\u2019s campaign hopes for going into the final weekend of the election season, trailing Youngkin in polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened today is disgusting and distasteful and we condemn it in the strongest terms. Those involved should immediately apologize,\u201d McAuliffe campaign manager Chris Bolling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/3abzaj\/lincoln-project-posed-as-charlottesville-white-supremacists-at-youngkin-gop-event\"><span>told<\/span><\/a> Vice News in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin leads McAuliffe in the gubernatorial race by one point, according to a&nbsp;<span class=\"s2\">poll <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2021\/10\/29\/virginia-governors-race-poll\/?utm_source=alert&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&amp;location=alert&amp;wpmk=1&amp;wpisrc=al_news__alert-national--alert-politics--alert-local&amp;pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjb29raWVuYW1lIjoid3BfY3J0aWQiLCJpc3MiOiJDYXJ0YSIsImNvb2tpZXZhbHVlIjoiNWM3NTgxMTJhZGU0ZTIzODQ5MjI5YWU2IiwidGFnIjoid3BfbmV3c19hbGVydF9yZXZlcmUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vZGMtbWQtdmEvMjAyMS8xMC8yOS92aXJnaW5pYS1nb3Zlcm5vcnMtcmFjZS1wb2xsLz91dG1fc291cmNlPWFsZXJ0JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXdwX25ld3NfYWxlcnRfcmV2ZXJlJmxvY2F0aW9uPWFsZXJ0JndwbWs9MSZ3cGlzcmM9YWxfbmV3c19fYWxlcnQtbmF0aW9uYWwtLWFsZXJ0LXBvbGl0aWNzLS1hbGVydC1sb2NhbCJ9.wLlHlpGpsDNij1pxHh-M_EPgXzz0iXxAWb-lSmS-87Y\"><span class=\"s2\">released<\/span><\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lauren Windsor, a Democrat operative, admitted her involvement in Friday\u2019s failed tiki torch plot that attempted to smear Republican Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin as a white supremacist. 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