RealClear - April 20, 2023
Tell the Truth: the Lincoln Project Is a Problem
The Lincoln Project (LP) appears to be at the business of restoring America’s failing political system by combatting tribalism and hyper-partisanship – a noble, righteous cause to protect the Constitution, our Democratic institutions, and the electoral process. But appearances can be deceiving.
With clever ads and blistering social media attacks, the anti-Trump Lincoln Project has proven itself to be that which it claims to oppose – an intensely partisan, ideological group that operates under an ‘ends justify the means’ standard.
In reality the Lincoln Project says one thing and does the opposite. It opposes tribalism, so it says, by advancing tribalism, what it does. It defended, for example, Joe Biden’s infamous Philadelphia speech where the President declared war on half the country. A profoundly dishonest speech where the Commander-in-Chief rhetorically threatened to burn the country down to save his party’s congressional majorities.
The Lincoln Project has offered nary the complaint as Democrats wage war on free speech and weaponize the Department of Justice to settle scores with political opponents. It’s safe to say that tribalism and hyper-partisanship is okay as long as it’s the Democrats doing it and the Lincoln Project is raking in the cash supporting it. The truth is that the Lincoln Project is the perfect Washington hustle. As the AP reported, “of the $90 million Lincoln Project has raised, more than $50 million has gone to firms controlled by the group’s leaders.” Suffice it to say, tribalism and hyper-partisanship is bad – very bad – as long as the Lincoln Project can throw a MAGA hat on it.
Here's the rub, though. The LP isn’t just anti-Trump. It’s pro-Democrat and Pro-Biden and it advances an ‘anything goes’ strategy. …
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