The Gateway Pundit reported Friday that several staff members of the Never Trump camp’s Lincoln Project have resigned, including co-founder Steve Schmidt, amid a huge sexual harassment of minors scandal.
A few states ago, Never Trump’s Lincoln Project was busy putting out fires after a married founder, John Weaver, was caught sending pornographic messages to young men.
According to the New York Times, 21 men have accused John Weaver of sexually harassing them online. The youngest victim interviewed by the New York Times was 14 years old when Weaver began sending these sexually harassing messages.
It was an open secret, but the Lincoln Project acted as if they were unaware of Weaver’s scandal and claimed they were “absolutely shocked and disgusted” by Weaver’s behavior. Although tough-talking, but actually weak-minded, three Lincoln Project staffers and a co-founder have resigned.
Kurt Bardella, a spokesman for the Lincoln Project, confirmed to the left-wing outlet Axios that he had resigned on Friday.
Nayyera Haq, who resigned last week, had been booked as host of the organization’s video series.
Columnist Tom Nichols said Friday that he “resigned from his unpaid advisory role with the organization.
Steve Schmidt, a co-founder of The Lincoln Project, issued a statement confirming his resignation. Schmidt claimed in the statement that he learned of the allegations against John Weaver in January.
Democrat (2020-present) Stephen Edward Schmidt (born Sept. 28, 1970) is an American communications and public affairs strategist who has worked on Republican political campaigns, including President George W. Bush, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Arizona Senator John McCain .
Exactly in which January Schmidt learned of the Weaver scandal he did not specify, but a Twitter post by Internet personality Yashar Ali at least suggests that Schmidt learned of the news before January of this year.
Yashar Ali tweeted, “Former Lincoln Project staffers told me they were with Schmidt at a bar in Park City in late October when Schmidt admitted he knew about the Weaver scandal.”
Yashar Ali, who has written for the Huffington Post, NBC News and New York magazine, was included in Time Magazine’s list of the most influential people on the Internet in 2019, in part because of his extensive Twitter presence.
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