Anti-Trump porn "bullying the president's daughter and son-in-law
LINCOLN PROJECT | The loudest and most controversial anti-Trump messages are coming not from the Democrats but from the Lincoln Project, a group of determined Republicans who want their party "back" and "loose cannon" Trump out of the White House.
The fight gets harder every week. Especially now that the Lincoln dissidents who have been activated since the end of last year have a well-stocked war chest, attacks on Donald Trump are raining. That happens with (often) satirical videos, but also with huge billboards in all states that Trump could lose. The latest stunt is a direct attack on the president's daughter and son-in-law. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are furious and threaten to sue the Lincoln Project for a nasty mega ad in Times Square. In New York, their own city, the Trumps are judged very hard on the corona approach of the White House.
A lawyer for Trump's favorite daughter and her husband has been demanding for days that the "false, malicious and defamatory" billboards be removed. If not, a "huge claim for damages" will follow. The Lincoln Project - named after the Republican former president of the US who worked for the unity of the country - was set up by former Republican campaign strategists of former president George W. Bush and of the (losing) former candidates John McCain. and Mitt Romney. Defeating Trump and Trumpism is their mission, and if necessary only by supporting Joe Biden, a political opponent. “For my part we support a left-handed vegetarian socialist, as long as he or she keeps the oath that every president must take. Trump was unable to do so, ”said Steve Schmidt, former adviser to the late John McCain.
Grim
The billboards in New York show how grim the fight has become. They show an edited photo of Ivanka Trump smiling happily and doesn't seem to care about the rising number of corona deaths in New York and the US (over 33,000 New Yorkers and over 220,000 Americans). Husband Jared Kushner would have said, according to another billboard, that the New Yorkers should suffer (because of the policies of Democratic Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo) and that corona is their problem.
Detail: the part about Cuomo has been omitted and now it seems as if Kushner is giving his troubled fellow citizens another kick. According to insiders, Kushner never said it that way, but that no longer matters in the daily bombardment of half and whole lies. The Lincoln Project simply invokes freedom of speech and says it will do nothing but serve the Trumps a taste of their own medicine. "We plan to show them the same level of respect," said a spokesman.
Creative
At the very least, the Lincoln Project is creative and on Twitter and Facebook often more controversial than Democratic challenger Joe Biden's campaign. Covita, the parody of Evita has since become a classic on social media. And annoying for Trump: it is not the least disillusioned Republicans who oppose him. There is enough money. The pact of Republican billionaires and frustrated political strategists irritates Trump immensely. For example, the president regularly argues with Schmidt and other leaders of the Lincoln Project via Twitter.
There is plenty of money to bully. For example, Hyatt heir Jennifer Pritzker, a retired army colonel and the world's only known transgender billionaire, donated a ton to the group this month. Four years ago, she gave a quarter of a million to Trump's campaign fund, but since he banned transgender people from the military in 2017, the love was over.
Anti-Trump Videos
Other billionaires like producer David Geffen and Liz Lefkofsky also each donated $ 100 to fund anti-Trump videos. In the past three weeks alone, the Lincoln Project has raised as much as 55 million euros to especially annoy Donald Trump very much, acknowledges Rick Wilson, one of the founders.
The group already claims the scalp of Trump's fired campaign manager, Brad Parscale, in that regard. He was able to leave after an ad was posted poking fun at his luxurious lifestyle. He was a driving force in Trump's campaign until commercials appeared saying that he was driving a Ferrari and Land Rovers and bought a 2.5 million house.
There are also several of these Republican anti-Trump organizations active in the campaign: there is the Bravery Project, the group of Republican voters against Trump, or (loosely translated) We want our party back, the toy of software billionaire Greg Schott . The Lincoln Project ads have already been dubbed "anti-Trump porn" by some. It's more about going viral with thrilling movies than mobilizing voters, say critics. The main aim is to regain control of the party and Trump must be done as much electoral damage as possible for that.
