For some, the tactics were a necessary evil. Others championed fighting vitriol with vitriol as a winning strategy. Instead of the landslide electoral victory some predicted in November , Biden needed wins in key swing states that were not called for some time after election night. But on Jan. Weaver soon released a statement admitting to sending inappropriate sexual messages to men over the span of several years.
The New York Times later reported that 21 men received messages from Weaver, one as young as The most damning allegations involved offering career help in exchange for sex. On Jan. Within weeks, however, The Associated Press reported that in June , Lincoln Project leaders were made aware of at least 10 cases of alleged sexual misconduct on the part of Weaver, including two related to Lincoln Project employees.
These allegations, according to the AP reporting, were sent in writing and later via phone calls to leaders. On Oct. The Lincoln Project podcast already had millions of listeners. And its social media accounts were booming — the official Lincoln Project Twitter account, ProjectLincoln , had more followers than the official account of the Republican Party.
In a matter of months, the plan started to unravel. Allegations of mismanagement, secret meetings and the Weaver sex scandal surfaced. Before long, relationships frayed. Insider Mike Madrid left the organization in December; he was reportedly unaware of the allegations against Weaver until they became public. Days after Horn announced her resignation, the official Lincoln Project page leaked screenshots of what they said were private conversations between Horn and a reporter.
The images and tweets were quickly deleted. Schmidt took responsibility and apologized for the incident, though another Lincoln Project staffer later admitted to being the one who made the actual posts. In November, Schmidt floated the idea of running for the U. Mike Lee, in In December, he announced that he was registering as a Democrat, but Utah voter registration data accessed by the Deseret News currently identifies him as a member of the far-right Independent American Party.
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