Scoop: Lincoln Project co-founder resigns

[brooklynite]

Source: Axios

Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt is resigning from the group's board amid a series of scandals that has rocked the high-dollar anti-Trump super PAC, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: Schmidt, a veteran Republican operative, is the latest and most high-profile departure from the group, which is reeling from revelations that another co-founder, John Weaver, used offers of professional advancement in a series of attempts to solicit sex from young men.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/lincoln-project-co-founder-resigns-ad554687-f2d1-4b7c-ac0c-5aa555fb312f.html

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. You put a bunch of egos in a room and the unity is only temporary /nt

[Irish_Dem]

2. I wonder what he will do now?

Continue to be pundit on MSNBC?
Or become a Dem consultant?

[ancianita]

4. I hope

both. He's now a member of the Democratic Party.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Right, I think he will do both.

Start a consulting company and be a pundit on TV.

[PatrickforO]

12. I have a lot of respect for Steve Schmidt.

I think he will become both - pundit and consultant.

[Irish_Dem]

13. I love Steve Schmidt. He is so great.

His righteous rants are something to behold.

[onetexan]

22. +1 K&R. Schmidt is a great apologist for Dems and fighter for our party's democratic ideals.

So glad he's joined the Big Tent party

[dem4decades]

3. Jesus Christ, what's going on over there?

[ancianita]

6. Taint. Schmidt does what the Democratic Party does when one of its own is similarly guilty.

[badhair77]

5. He's supposed to be on Bill Mahar tonight.

Wonder if he’ll show up.

[BigmanPigman]

16. He's on right now and they haven't mentioned any of this.

Everything is normal. OK, now Bill brought it up. They are just discussing spending and elections. He is proud of the work the LP did with their ads since they worked and helped the Dems to win.
Here it is...probably won't last long before HBO deletes it.

[spooky3]

8. You might get a good deal on Schmidt's house:

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/9045-N-Twin-Peaks-Dr_Kamas_UT_84036_M18200-26737

[SergeStorms]

18. Cute little place.

I'm sure that's not his only home either. That's just his little get-away shack out in the country.

[Owl]

21. Wow gorgeous!

[Jimbo S]

24. He sleeps with a teddy bear?

Very nice place, but looks out in the middle of nowhere. I'm an introvert, but even I need some human interaction on occasion.

[thesquanderer]

10. It sounds like he thinks he did. He's apologizing for his own behavior, not Weaver's. (n/t)

[Dopers_Greed]

11. Will the M$M try to spin this as "Dems in disarray"?

[Nitram]

14. Clearly Republicans are just plain Bad to the Bone.

[Warpy]

15. I suspect changing his registration from Indie to Democratic did it

because this was a group formed to get the GOP back to its roots by getting rid of Dumdum and all his fascist sycophants in Congress.

The only surprise is that it's taken this long to happen. I suppose they wanted Biden safely in office, among other things.

[Bayard]

17. I like Schmidt a lot

His comments are always insightful and right on the money. I really hope he continues to fight on the good side.

[steve2470]

19. confessions from Steve Schmidt, extraordinary

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(ok this does not display correctly. He is saying he was sexually molested at age 13, has had depression, among other things)

[Evolve Dammit]

20. I have greatly appreciated his informative rants and truths over the last four years. n/t

[Hestia]

23. Sounds like more rat fucking by Roger Stone ala Al Franken

I know I cannot be the only one thinking it