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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYou can take the assholes out of the gop, but you can't take the gop out of the assholes.
Young men were wizards" while young women were girls." Political rivals were pussies" or cocksuckers" or faggots." By the time the staff convened in Park City, the situation had become so toxic," according to more than a dozen accounts, that at least two co-founders, neither of whom remain at the project, had tried unsuccessfully to intervene to improve working conditions.
Staff had also complained that some of the project's ads, specifically some related to Ivanka Trump, were sexist. There was dissatisfaction among the ranks when Ben Howe, billed as the wunderkind behind some of the Lincoln Project's earliest ads, was brought back by Wilson. Howe had been fired after The 19th reported that in a series of tweets, he had used offensive slang for female anatomy to insult political rivals.
There were few women in Lincoln Project's leadership, and those who were there were treated differently than the men, multiple people said. Horn was left out of meetings and not consulted about key decisions or public statements. At points, others within the organization had to persuade her not to quit entirely.
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You can take the assholes out of the gop, but you can't take the gop out of the assholes. (Original Post)
Lunabell
Feb 2021
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Irish_Dem
(47,026 posts)1. Vulcan Mind Meld, I was just going to type the very same line.
In regard to the LP.
Lunabell
(6,080 posts)2. My mind to your mind...
LOL, I am such a trekkie. Rewatching the Next Generation now.
I can remember when it first came on and the line was "To boldly go where no ONE has gone before." I was sooo overcome with gratitude that the line was changed to include me. OMG, I actually teared up back then.
Irish_Dem
(47,026 posts)3. Live long and prosper