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   Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had harsh words for The Lincoln   
   Project on Friday, accusing the group of being in "scam   
   territory" over its promise to persuade "never-Trump"   
   Republicans to vote for President-elect Joe Biden.   
      
   In a Twitter thread, Ocasio-Cortez argued that The Lincoln   
   Project, which raised $67.4 million according to Federal   
   Election Commission data, diverted resources from organizers and   
   groups who were more effective in driving votes in for Biden.   
      
   "It's not too late for them to do the right thing. Lincoln   
   Project should take the L and publicly pledge to give a lot of   
   their fundraising to the people who actually made a big   
   difference," Ocasio-Cortez said.   
      
   Ocasio-Cortez and The Lincoln Project did not respond to   
   requests for comment on this story.   
      
   The Lincoln Project, which was started in late 2019 by high-   
   profile former GOP operatives including Rick Wilson and   
   Kellyanne Conway's husband George Conway, gained a reputation —   
   and some notoriety — this year for its memes and ads bashing   
   President Donald Trump, including billboards in New York City   
   mocking Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.   
      
   The group's significant war chest went toward ads in a variety   
   of states, including deep-blue ones like New York as well as   
   battleground states like Pennsylvania and more conservative ones   
   like South Carolina.   
      
   But following an unexpectedly strong showing from Republicans in   
   House of Representatives races, Ocasio-Cortez — who coasted to   
   reelection along with fellow progressive Democrats Rep. Ilhan   
   Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib — has clashed with centrist   
   Democrats over the future direction of the party.   
      
   During a contentious call Thursday, first reported by The   
   Washington Post, Ocasio-Cortez defended Democrats' ability to   
   win swing seats while running on progressive policies and blamed   
   this year's electoral failures in part on lackluster digital   
   campaigns, a theme she echoed in her critique of The Lincoln   
   Project on Friday.   
      
   "The kind of videos they made are pretty well shown to not be   
   persuasive for a Never Trump message. Explicitly insulting anti-   
   Trump content isn't what gets people to move," she said, adding   
   that those who disagreed needed to back up their claims with   
   independent data, and that so far, "we just haven't seen any."   
      
      
   Several co-founders of The Lincoln Project defended the group's   
   work.   
      
   "AOC is mad at us. QANON Republicans are really mad at us.   
   @realDonaldTrump is really, really mad at us. Must be doing   
   something right," former New Hampshire GOP chairwoman Jennifer   
   Horn tweeted Friday, suggesting that centrist voters — and The   
   Lincoln Party's efforts to appeal to them — were a significant   
   force in Biden's victory.   
      
   And in a tweet asking if Steve Schmidt of The Lincoln Project   
   would support the two Democrats running for Senate in Georgia,   
   who are both headed to January runoff elections, Schmidt   
   replied, "yes."   
      
   Early national exit polls from CNN, which are only preliminary   
   looks at who voted for each presidential candidate or party,   
   show that Biden gained ground with older voters, white voters,   
   men, and some parts of Trump's base, but underperformed with   
   voters of color.   
      
   https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-lincoln-project-scam-   
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