Lincoln Project expands GOP target list, winning Trump ire

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

The former GOP operatives behind the Lincoln Project are expanding their list of Republican targets, infuriating allies of President Trump and national Republicans scrambling to preserve the GOP majority in the Senate.

In addition to a relentless negative ad campaign against Trump, the group has so far spent more than $1.3 million attacking Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), who is among the most vulnerable GOP senators up for reelection. That’s by far the most they’ve spent on any Senate candidate.

Federal Election Commission filings reveal the Lincoln Project has also targeted a half dozen other Republicans up for reelection in 2020, including Sens. Cory Gardner (Colo), Martha McSally (Ariz.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Thom Tillis (N.C.), Joni Ernst (Iowa), John Cornyn (Texas), and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.).

The group is running ads in support of Democratic Senate candidates Steve Bullock in Montana and Al Gross in Alaska, who are seeking to unseat Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), respectively.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/511401-lincoln-project-expands-gop-target-list-winning-trump-ire

[CousinIT]

1. Steve Bullock has vowed to protect and expand social security

I don't live in Montana but if I did, I'd damn well vote for him!

[2naSalit]

19. Well I do...

And I can tell you that Daines is for selling off Public Lands, extractive industry including the XL and DAPLs and more coal and oil. And he would have us out sweeping the forests is he wasn't too cheap to put us in tents out there with brooms.

He's not a real Montanan, nor his buddy, Gianforte the body slammer.

Bullock is everything we've been asking for, has a very good record as a two-term governor... got us expanded medicaid when the R legislature opposed it and has help to protect Public Lands. He's lived here all his life. His cousin was the first victim of a school shooting in the state decades ago which colors hos views on gun safety, which is pretty sane for western sensibilities.

We have laws about outside influences in elections so all outside help is scrutinized. When TLP put out an ad for Bullock a few weeks ago, the NOR station here was somewhat miffed and tried to condemn the ad, didn't work. I think we're going to look bluer after November.

[qwlauren35]

2. I love these people.

Yeah, things will be different in 4 years. But right now, I love these people.

[BComplex]

3. I know. I love 'em right now, too.

I hope they turn the republican party back into a patriotic, constitution-supporting group again.

[qwlauren35]

5. I truly believe

that if the LIncoln Project succeeds, then bipartisanship will return to Congress.

That is my absolute hope.

The ability to find common ground and move forward.

[BComplex]

10. As long as right wing television is allowed to spew propaganda 24/7 to make the nation believe

that democrats are bad, liberals are the devil, etc....there won't be any bipartisanship. That is what's broken about the un-united States. Propaganda against more than 1/2 of the population, 24/7.

[NewJeffCT]

17. That's the problem

30 years of Limbaugh and 25 years of Fox have programmed milions to hate Dems and liberals/progressives. It's going to take more than just a few months of great ads to undo the programming.

[calimary]

18. That's EXACTLY the problem.

[Tommymac]

20. AM Radio is Just as much to blame, if not more so. Fuck Rush, may he suffer pain for eternity.

1500 stations spewing hate and misinformation to millions of commuters EVERY SINGLE DAY, with no counter alternative in sight.

[ReformedGOPer]

42. +1

[OMGWTF]

27. First, you have to get rid of all of the RWNJ in the House, Senate, and WH

I am reminded of a quote by former football coach Lou Holtz when he was asked how to keep a team motivated; he replied, "Get rid of those who aren't."

[ReformedGOPer]

41. +1

[marble falls]

13. Right now is the operative clause. They are very conservative and they will not be bipartisan.

[BComplex]

15. I know. That's the bad part.

As soon as they get what they want, they'll be tearing us to shreds.

[ReformedGOPer]

44. We need to learn how they carry-out their nasty tricks

while we can.

[cstanleytech]

4. I don't because they and others like them are what led to someone like Trump rising to power due

largely to the Republican party focusing on developing a voter base largely composed of a base that they spoon fed their false facts via Fox News and talk radio.

[qwlauren35]

6. In the same way

that we have to let go of anger toward the Democrats who stayed home four years ago, and the Democrats who voted in favor of the War in Iraq,

I believe in letting go and moving forward when it comes to politics.

Otherwise, I would go crazy.

I really need to apply this to my personal life!!!

[cstanleytech]

7. "I believe in letting go and moving forward" I did as well but when Obama tried that with

Bush it did not lead to an improved Republican party rather they doubled down on their corruption.

[qwlauren35]

9. There was a lot of racism involved.

The LIncoln Project is trying to wipe it clean.

I hope they succeed.

[cstanleytech]

29. My cynical side thinks it's more likely that they are simply

hedging their bets like Romney.

[Scarsdale]

12. Yes they did.

Remember the night President Obama was inaugurated McConnell told a group of gop members "My job is to make sure Obama is a one term president" This - even BEFORE President Obama had a chance to do the job. The gop blocked EVERYTHING he tried to do. Bi-partisanship? Forget that. They all know tRump is a dud, stupid and ignorant, but they back him 100%, no matter how bad things get. If a (D) president had installed his family in the WH as "advisors" with zero experience, imagine the uproar from the gop? Kushner has been running this country for almost 4 years, and he does not know his arse from a hole in the ground. His daddy had to buy his way into Harvard, since he flunked the entrance exam. Guess THAT qualifies him to run the country in the gop estimation. GOP = TRAITORS.

[calimary]

21. I won't ever let it go, either.

Don’t EVER drop your guard with this GOP.

When THEY start playing fair, so will I.

[Scarsdale]

26. They NEVER will.

They are a group of conniving, low life, scammers and con artists. If any of them really cared about THIS country (not Russia) the orange ass would have been impeached. They really thought they were SO smart, but showed their true colors. TRAITORS who want this country to fail, so Putin can take over.

[Illumination]

8. Thanks for getting the truth out Lincoln Project! Love that you have expansion underway...

[certainot]

11. they know how responsible talk radio is for this disaster and they ought to go at the source

[qwlauren35]

14. I think they are running ads on Fox News.

Ballsy.

[Duppers]

36. I've not understood why the few Billionaire

Dems haven't bought up some of those HateRadio stations. Could be like filling gopher holes? But it should be tried.

I tired another major source -about 17-18yrs I called several Southern church ministers to discuss what repubs were doing. Got only platitudes but I tried. Their racism seems to be so ingrained.

[ProfessorGAC]

38. Even If They Don't Go Liberal Radio...

...they could just run canned classic rock or other oldies.
It still keeps the scum off the air.
Yes, they'll switch to another station, but might be a 3k watt station at the bottom of the AM dial.

[certainot]

39. that's not the solution -dems can't wait for billionaires -we need to boycott the shit out of it

until the ad industry breaks it up - there are aa variety of actions that would make it clear to the ad industry that it has to start asking advertisers if they REAALLY want to keep supporting rw radio.

same with all the universities and the pro teams that keep rw radio afloat by stupidly broadcasting sports on those stations

rw radio is a monopoly and not part of the free speech spectrum and it's certainly not a reflection of market demand for hate and racism and lies - it's not about competing with it - the monopoly has to be destroyed before we can make real progress

[bucolic_frolic]

16. Trump has his own fires to extinguish, and Lincoln Project has him playing Wack-a-Mole

The Senate is the prize. We won't get much done without it.

[DENVERPOPS]

31. Agree bf

Forget Trump, put EVERYTHING into taking out the RepubliCON Senate Majority. Without the RepubliCON Senate, Trump won't last a second....

If Trump corruptly gets elected, and the Senate retains a RepuliCON majority, it is "Game Over".........

We are one millimeter away from a Republican, wholly owned: "Corporate Fascist Tyranny"............

Tighten your seat belts people, two months to go, and you ain't seen nothing yet.....................
Be prepared for the nightmare of your life on Nov. 3rd and 4th..............

[ananda]

22. Wow, they're going after Cornyn!

Hegar must have a chance.

Just wow ...

[northoftheborder]

24. Woo-hoo!!!!!

[Bayard]

23. I haven't seen any of their ads here on McConnell

Nothing on TV. He's the main one that needs to be dumped.

[scarletwoman]

32. The most important thing is to flip the Senate majority to Dem.

That will end McConnell's stint as Majority Leader, whether he's reelected or not.

[Duppers]

37. Yep, he's their gatekeeper.

And it's disturbing that no ads are running there.

[AllaN01Bear]

25. wonder when the Lincoln project is going to goto radio and tv?

[Mazeltov Cocktail]

28. I really wonder why Democrats can't do this...

While it's fun to watch republicans eat their own, I wish Democrats would hire the same ad writers and roll out similar ads against the scum currently ruling our country.
We're going to be up against the Lincoln Project in the not too distant future, we need to use their tactics.

Imatation is the sincerest form of flattery...

[CaptainTruth]

30. I'll say it again: Democrats need to learn how to message. It's key to our future.

We can come up with great policies, even pass hundreds of bills, as the House has done, but if the average American doesn't know that & understand how we are working to make their life better & who's preventing it from happening, we are doomed when we have to compete against an organization with an effective messaging machine.

[MFGsunny]

40. This! a million times this. n/t

[Tommymac]

43. We Know how. But Conservatives literally OWN the airwaves.

Hard to compete against 1500 AM radio stations spewing hate and misinformation to Millions of working class folks.

We need the infrastructure to get our message out THAT is the big problem.

Without that the creative folks have no megaphone.

[Marie Marie]

34. For now, the good thing about these Lincoln Project ads are that

these are Republicans telling other Republicans that it is OK to NOT back their party's candidates, if those candidates are following Trump down the wrong path. The exact same message from Democrats might not carry the same weight.

[peggysue2]

35. Excellent!

The more firepower we have on the ground and airwaves the better. And The Lincoln Project, despite their political lineage, knows how to rock these attacks out--brutal and quick.

So, good one on them.

[riversedge]

45. Love to get under Trumps orange skin