Two Democratic operatives lose jobs after James O’Keefe sting
Source: The Washington Post
Scott Foval and Robert Creamer, two little-known but influential Democratic political operatives, have left their jobs after video investigations by James O'Keefe's Project Veritas Action found them entertaining dark notions about how to win elections. Foval was laid off Monday by Americans United for Change, where he had been national field director; Creamer announced Tuesday night that he was stepping back from the work he was doing for the unified Democratic campaign for Hillary Clinton.
The moves came after 36 hours of coverage, led by conservative and social media, for O'Keefe's video series Rigging the Election. In them, Foval is filmed telling hidden-camera-toting journalists about how they have disrupted Republican events. Foval also goes on at length about how an organization might cover up in-person voter fraud. In another Tuesday night statement, the Creamer-founded Democracy Partners, which used Foval as a contractor, denounced both Project Veritas and the statements caught on camera.
Our firm has recently been the victim of a well-funded, systematic spy operation that is the modern day equivalent of the Watergate burglars, the firm said. The plot involved the use of trained operatives using false identifications, disguises and elaborate false covers to infiltrate our firm and others, to steal campaign plans, and goad unsuspecting individuals into making careless statements on hidden cameras. One of those individuals was a temporary regional subcontractor who was goaded into statements that do not reflect our values.
Both scalps, as O'Keefe refers to them, drew new attention to a campaign that had become viewed very skeptically by political reporters. O'Keefe's 2009 sting of ACORN led to the destruction of that group; a 2011 sting of NPR executives led to two resignations. Subsequent investigations found discrepancies between how the undercover journalists approached their targets and how they packaged what the targets said. In the latter case, then-NPR executive Ron Schiller quoted a Republican who viewed tea party activists as racist. The edited clip made it appear that Schiller himself held that opinion.
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oberliner
(58,724 posts)What he was unable to accomplish in life, his acolytes appear to be trying to accomplish in his name.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)turbinetree
(24,703 posts)Who knows what's on the floor after he dices and splices.
http://www.inquisitr.com/3605790/october-surprise-why-is-the-media-ignoring-the-james-okeefe-video-claiming-to-show-hillary-clinton-supporters-inciting-violence-at-donald-trump-rallies/
http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/10/18/fox-news-notes-james-okeefes-criminal-past-after-his-newest-video-released/213916
http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/convicted-criminal-james-okeefe-dupes-right
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/10/colorado-dems-james-okeefe
http://time.com/4536212/james-okeefe-project-veritas-video-democrats/
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)But not these two. If they were for real, they wouldn't shoot their mouths off.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)toss in discredited James O'Keefe and this whole thing smells like Trump's locker room.
Hugin
(33,148 posts)Just like with the Planned Parenthood scam. That's WHY people have credentials.
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