The Lincoln Project has always been a spiteful, spineless grift

Published February 12, 2021 7:10pm ET



The Lincoln Project was created for one purpose: to enrich the political mercenaries who founded it. Anyone who thinks otherwise is either cashing the group’s checks themselves or lying deliberately for partisan reasons.

The Associated Press published a devastating report this week confirming as much. It details how Lincoln Project founder John Weaver exploited his position to harass dozens of young men sexually. When the “principled conservatives” at the project’s helm were informed of this abuse, not just once but several times, they did nothing and then lied about it when the allegations came to light.

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