The co-founder of the Never-Trumper Lincoln Project has doubled down on the group’s much-decried decision to stage a political stunt involving fake “white supremacists.”

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Lincoln Project adviser Stuart Stevens defends tiki torch stunt amid backlash

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Lincoln Project co-founder doubles down on ‘white supremacist’ stunt

The anti-Trump group sent people dressed as protesters from the deadly 2017 'Unite the Right' rally to GOP Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin's campaign bus.

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Stuart Stevens was invited by CNN to comment on the Virginia gubernatorial race opposite veteran Democrat James Carville. His apparent take on GOP strategy was that it should join him in working against its own candidate.

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CNN brings Lincoln Project adviser on as ‘Republican strategist’ to comment on election after stunt against GOP candidate

Despite a stinging national backlash and a general consensus that the stunt backfired, the Lincoln Project has defended its decision to have a group of activists dressed as tiki-torch-bearing white nationalists proclaim their support for Republican Glenn Youngkin, the frontrunner in the Virginia governor’s race.On Friday, CNN’s Chris Cuomo asked Stuart Stevens, an adviser to the ‘Never Trump’ organization, if the move was a dirty trick or hypocr…

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‘How To Play Hardball’: Lincoln Project Defends Tiki Torch Stunt At Youngkin Event

Media and Democratic officials initially believed the incident was real.

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Lincoln Project claims it staged fake Nazi stunt against Va. GOP gubernatorial candidate Youngkin

Chris Cuomo agreed with the Lincoln Project's Stuart Stevens that the group's Friday anti-Glenn Youngkin hoax raised "legitimate" questions about Youngkin's character and not that the group had to fabricate evidence in an attempt to prove that point.

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Cuomo Agrees With Lincoln Project Stunt, Says it Raised 'Legitimate' Question

Talking to CNN's Chris Cuomo, Lincoln Project advisor Stuart Stevens called the stunt an example of playing "hardball" to win elections.

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Toronto

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CNN defends brutal 'tiki torch' stunt in which Democrat staffers dressed up as Youngkin supporters

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Lincoln Project Adviser Stuart Stevens Defends Tiki Torch Stunt Amid Backlash

“It was to illustrate a point that Youngkin has not denounced Trump saying there were ‘fine people on both sides’ in Charlottesville.” — Democratic Strategist @JamesCarville [1 Photo]

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Lincoln Project co-founder Stuart Stevens doubled down Friday on the group’s decision to have actors pose as white supremacists with tiki torches at a Glenn Youngkin gubernatorial rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last week.

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Lincoln Project co-founder doubles down on 'Unite the Right' stunt at Youngkin rally

Lincoln Project co-founder doubles down on ‘white supremacist’ stunt

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