George Conway, one of the co-founders of the Lincoln Project, on Feb. 16 called for the anti-Trump group to be shut down amid sexual harassment allegations against another co-founder, John Weaver. Conway, who resigned in August 2020, made the comment in agreement with remarks by Kurt Bardella, a former senior adviser for the project. “Just shut it down already … it’s over,” Bardella wrote on Twitter, in response to a media report that several Lincoln Project founders were aware of the Weaver allegations as early as March 2020. “It’s a shame, and we shouldn’t forget the hard work of so many people and the positive things the organization did, but yes, I think this is right,” Conway responded on the social media platform. At least 21 men have claimed that they were sexually harassed by Weaver through text messages. Some of the messages implied that if the individuals reciprocated his …
Lincoln Project Co-Founder Backs Shutting Group Amid Sexual Harassment Claims
February 17, 2021
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