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   Since founding The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump Super PAC, the   
   Republicans behind it wanted you to believe that they were so   
   disgusted by their party’s sycophancy that they had dedicated   
   themselves to dethroning the president, the nominal head of   
   their party. With their viral tweets — which are reportedly just   
   stolen content from meme-makers — and scathing ads that   
   undermine Trump's administration one Mark Hamill-narrated ad and   
   anti-Ivanka billboard at a time, The Lincoln Project fashioned   
   itself into an unlikely hero in the mission to oust Donald Trump   
   from office.   
      
   But after raising $64.7 million, according to Federal Election   
   Commission data — and with no proof those funds did anything to   
   move the election needle — the PAC seems intent to demonstrate   
   that Trumpism is not a flaw in the Republican Party, but its   
   ethos.   
      
   In a series of tweets, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez urged the   
   founders of The Lincoln Project to “do the right thing” and use   
   the substantial funds they accrued during Trump’s presidency to   
   pay for the needs of Black and brown grassroots organizers who   
   actually made it possible for now president-elect Joe Biden to   
   secure the White House. “There’s potential incentive be   
   @ProjectLincoln is def in scam territory w these results. It’s a   
   pretty bad rep even tho GOP has a thing for failing up,” she   
   said. “Come clean, say ‘listen, we thought it’d work, it didn’t,   
   & in good faith we’re gonna raise X mil for these ppl who   
   deserve it.”   
      
   According to their own projections, The Lincoln Project garnered   
   at least $67 million in fundraising over the course of the 2020   
   election. Instead of admitting defeat, though, as AOC suggested   
   they do, the Republicans behind the Super PAC have doubled down.   
   “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 and The   
   Lincoln Project founder Jennifer Horn tweeted.   
      
   But Horn's assertion only goes to show that The Lincoln Project   
   was less about making any substantial dent in outcome of the   
   election than it was about being a vanity project meant to   
   protect the reputation of a few Republicans who don’t want to be   
   attached to the specific nightmare that is the Trump   
   administration.   
      
   They certainly didn't care about actually changing Republican   
   voters' minds — or, if they did, they weren't very good at it.   
   Exit polls have shown that 58% of white men and 55% of white   
   women voted for Trump in the 2020 election. A reported 93% of   
   Republicans and 40% of Independents also voted for four more   
   years of Trump — all of whom are The Lincoln Project’s so-called   
   target audience.   
      
   Besides, what needs to be remembered about The Lincoln Project   
   is that they never cared about helping Democrats, but only about   
   helping themselves. If The Lincoln Project was really dedicated   
   to getting rid of Trump, they would recognize that the only way   
   to do that is to get rid of the forces that created, enabled,   
   and supported Trump. They can't do that, though, because they   
   are those very forces.   
      
   So while it would be nice to think that they'd throw their money   
   behind the Black and brown grassroots organizers that saved this   
   democracy, and the just take the L and step aside entirely,   
   that's never going to happen. Instead, they'll just continue to   
   do what they've been doing all along — grifting the American   
   public.   
      
   https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/11/10157046/the-lincoln-   
   project-election-money-aoc-backlash   
       
      
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