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Never Trumpers cross line with party operatives by targeting GOP senators: 'Taking it too far'
Fox News ^ | 6/29/2020 | Paul Steinhauser

Posted on 06/29/2020 7:28:44 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat

The "Never Trump" coalition of Republicans fighting to oust President Trump from the White House is making a risky play, just as the president's lackluster poll numbers are raising concerns on the right -- they're going after Republican senators too.

The effort is being led by The Lincoln Project, a media-savvy outfit that spends most of its time hammering the incumbent president with scathing TV and digital ads.

But along with targeting Trump, The Lincoln Project is now weighing in on the races of GOP senators facing tough reelections this year.

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The spot characterizes Daines – who’s facing a tough reelection challenge from Bullock – as a “do nothing, say nothing politician.”

On Monday, The Lincoln Project took aim at Sen. Susan Collins of Maine over her controversial 2018 vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

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The group used the tweet to spotlight the predicament for Collins – who’s facing an extremely difficult reelection due in large part to her Kavanaugh confirmation vote. This year, the Lincoln Project has also targeted GOP Sens. Cory Gardner of Colorado, Martha McSally of Arizona and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who are likewise fighting for their political lives.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: Colorado; US: Maine; US: Montana; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: abortion; arizona; brettkavanaugh; colorado; corygardner; johnweaver; lincolnproject; maga; maine; marthamcsally; montana; nevertrump; nevertrumper; nevertrumpers; northcarolina; scotus; stevebullock; stevedaines; susancollins; thomtillis
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Pushing back against the criticism, John Weaver, one of the co-founders of The Lincoln Project, pointed out that when they launched last December, the group announced that along with being “dedicated to defeating President Trump and Trumpism at the ballot box,” they would also target Republican lawmakers who supported the president. “This president’s actions are possible only with the craven acquiescence of congressional Republicans,” the group wrote at the time. “Congressional Republicans have embraced and copied Mr. Trump’s cruelty and defended and even adopted his corruption. Mr. Trump and his enablers have abandoned conservatism and longstanding Republican principles and replaced it with Trumpism, an empty faith led by a bogus prophet.”

So there you have it. Even Susan Collins is too far "right wing" for this group of supposed "lifelong Republicans" and she represents "Trumpism."

1 posted on 06/29/2020 7:28:44 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat
They are Democrats in RINO clothing.
2 posted on 06/29/2020 7:32:26 PM PDT by CaptainK ('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
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To: Republican Wildcat

Mr. Trump and his enablers have abandoned conservatism and longstanding Republican principles and replaced it with Trumpism, an empty faith led by a bogus prophet.”

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What on Earth is conservatism to these reprobates? Whoring ourselves out to the interest of powerful banks and corporations? Endless wars to spread corporate influence around the globe?


3 posted on 06/29/2020 7:33:35 PM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

The Lincoln Project shows their true stripes. They’re flat-out leftists.


4 posted on 06/29/2020 7:33:43 PM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: Republican Wildcat

The Lincoln Project and I do not have the same Conservative principles.
They would throw this nation to the wolves. With friends like these, who needs “Progressives “?


5 posted on 06/29/2020 7:38:16 PM PDT by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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6 posted on 06/29/2020 7:42:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Media savvy? The only people they influence are lowlife Democrats and nutty Never Trumpers.


7 posted on 06/29/2020 7:42:38 PM PDT by Shark Ranger
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To: Republican Wildcat

The idea that these “Lincoln Project” clowns are “conservatives” is a joke. Just look up each of the group’s founders’ positions on gun control.


8 posted on 06/29/2020 7:43:13 PM PDT by The Pack Knight
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To: Republican Wildcat

The idea that these “Lincoln Project” clowns are “conservatives” is a joke. Just look up each of the group’s founders’ positions on gun control.


9 posted on 06/29/2020 7:43:13 PM PDT by The Pack Knight
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To: Flick Lives

They’re deeply butthurt rejects and Jeb supporters who are pissed off that Trump knew better than to hire them.


10 posted on 06/29/2020 7:43:49 PM PDT by Shark Ranger
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To: Republican Wildcat

With how they are purging, Reddit, you Tube, Twitchy and Twitter and who knows what other platforms, Free Republic may be the only way for Trump supporters to communicate soon.


11 posted on 06/29/2020 7:47:10 PM PDT by tiki (Obamagate)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Rudh addressed this today. These are Never-Trumpers Swamp Dwellers joining in with the Dems to Protect The Swamp that they dwell in and that Funds their livelihoods.
They despise President Trump AND US because we are a threat to their pocketbooks.
Those people have far more in common with the dems than they have with you and me. Their rage for us rejecting them in 2016 has not and will never subside. Why? Because we are a direct threat to their status, their income, their way of life.
They became who they are, attained their status by playing us. And, they resent us for rejecting them more than anything on this earth.
They are the Swamp Dwellers that thought they had our number. That we would fund them forever. They counted on it.
And, they HATE TRUMP for rendering then IRRELEVANT and for REVEALING THEM for who and what they really are.


12 posted on 06/29/2020 7:48:51 PM PDT by ocrp1982
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To: Republican Wildcat

The Lincoln Project...

Is it owned by the media?
Or does it own the media?


13 posted on 06/29/2020 7:49:03 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: CaptainK
They are Democrats in RINO clothing.

When someone or a group goes too far, then, they can't even be categorized as RINOs; they've gone completely to the other end, and are no different from democrats or progressives. RINO is a term which is being misused in the case of those folks.
14 posted on 06/29/2020 7:52:02 PM PDT by adorno
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To: griswold3

Republicans were the original Progressives. There is one on Mount Rushmore.


15 posted on 06/29/2020 7:52:34 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: Republican Wildcat

Does Antifa have all these these Lincoln Project Right wing zealot’s home addresses?

If any are Bushy’s, I’m Sure there are some “dead brown people” they are all responsible for.


16 posted on 06/29/2020 7:53:16 PM PDT by UNGN
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To: Flick Lives

The Swamp Project is their true name.


17 posted on 06/29/2020 7:55:55 PM PDT by eclectic (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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To: Republican Wildcat

18 posted on 06/29/2020 8:05:47 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: Republican Wildcat

The only thing Bush League Republicans care about is keeping the borders open and the laws unenforced.


19 posted on 06/29/2020 8:13:17 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Bishop_Malachi

Turning the USA into North Mexico.


20 posted on 06/29/2020 8:14:43 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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