The Lincoln Project Shares Personnel, Address With Liberal Election Groups – By Joe Schoffstall (Free Beacon) / Feb 2 2021
Anti-Trump group also receives cash from Schumer-aligned entities, Dem megadonors
The Lincoln Project, the group of former Republican operatives who set their sights on Donald Trump, says it supports principled conservatism. But the group shares outside personnel, an address, and a number of donors with progressive groups.
Records show the group’s custodian of records, Melissa Nissen, is also the treasurer of Forward Majority, a progressive group that works on state races, as well as the managing director of Capitol Compliance, a financial management firm that receives large sums from liberal committees. In addition, the Lincoln Project shares a Washington, D.C., post office box with Forward Majority and Defend the Vote, a progressive voting group.
It also has explicit ties to Democratic leadership. The Lincoln Project’s top donors include two groups aligned with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.)—the dark money nonprofit Majority Forward and the Senate Majority PAC. Combined, both groups showered the Lincoln Project with nearly $2 million in cash. The Lincoln Project, in turn, didn’t just attack Trump but also Republican Senate candidates, including Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue in the Georgia runoff elections. When Loeffler and Perdue lost, control of the Senate flipped to Schumer and the Democrats.
