Objective observers realized very quickly that the media was not going to be fair in its coverage of President Trump, his administration, or the people working with him. Social media practiced censorship, news media was obviously biased, and whatever influence the entertainment industry has was turned against President Trump. Some of that vitriol still lingers. Many Republicans either ignored the attacks or apologized for electing President Trump. Very few Republicans stood up to the attack. Well, that may be changing.<\/p>\n
Yesterday The Western Journal<\/a> posted an article about a new conservative political group called the American Accountability Foundation. They are planning to use some of the tactics used against them against their political opponents. This should be very interesting.<\/p>\n The article reports:<\/p>\n The group leaked a video from the Zoom meaning in which a House Appropriations Committee aide told participants that while \u201cthe optics\u201d of a lawmaker forwarding an earmarked contribution to a campaign donor might \u201clook kind of bad,\u201d it is allowed if family members are not involved, The Hill<\/a> reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI think what you\u2019re saying is if you have somebody who\u2019s building a [military construction] project, and his company contributes to your boss\u2019s campaign, is that a conflict of interest?\u201d Appropriations Deputy Staff Director Matt Washington told staffers during the virtual training.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI think the optics are bad but the rules of the House would be sufficed because there is no immediate family interest.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n And we wonder how our politicians go to Washington as middle-class Americans and emerge as millionaires.<\/p>\n The article continues:<\/p>\n The group also passed on transcripts to Fox News that showed President Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> nominee to lead the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division, Kristen Clarke, organized a conference attended by radical anti-government activists.<\/strong><\/p>\n The conference brought together students and activists in their support to free inmates, convicted for a variety of crimes including police killings<\/a>, who are currently on death row.<\/strong><\/p>\n Jones said the AAF is trying to use the same tactics that left-wing<\/a> opposition research groups have used for years.<\/strong><\/p>\n The article concludes:<\/p>\n \u201cThe left is very very well organized on this, very well resourced and has been effective for a number of years,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThey were very effective making life difficult for Trump nominees, and they\u2019ve taken that infrastructure and transferred it into bolstering their nominees, but yeah we\u2019ve certainly learned from them and seen their effort was effective from a professional sense \u2014 terrible for the country, but as a practical matter, professionally they do their job well.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Bullies don’t like it when the tables are turned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Objective observers realized very quickly that the media was not going to be fair in its coverage of President Trump, his administration, or the people working with him. Social media practiced censorship, news media was obviously biased, and whatever influence … Continue reading