Erik Prince Raised Money For Effort To Spy On Liberals And Anti Trump Republicans

A new report has revealed that Blackwater founder and Trump ally Erik Prince was raising money for an operation to spy on Democratic organizations, activists, and even Republicans who weren't all-in for Donald Trump. The ultimate goal was to take down any opposition to the Trump administration, though it is currently unclear as to whether or not Trump was involved in any of this. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what's happening.

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A new report from the New York Times this week has revealed that Erik Prince, the founder of the private mercenary firm Blackwater, was involved in a scheme to raise money for an operation being run by a former British spy to carry out counter intelligence activities, operations, I guess, against liberal organizations, Democrats themselves, and of course, Republicans who were not sufficiently loyal to Donald Trump. And this action, by the way, took place beginning in about 2017, late 2017, carried over through 2018 and as it turns out, these individuals, including Prince and the former British spy by the name of Richard Seddon actually had contact with individuals inside the Trump administration about the activities they were carrying out.

Now it's unclear and this is worth pointing out, it is unclear whether or not Donald Trump himself knew that this was happening. But given the fact that Erik Prince was a very close personal friend of Donald Trump, a good ally from start to finish it, it's hard to think that Donald Trump didn't know that this was happening. But again, there's no evidence to suggest that he did or to suggest that he didn't. Only that they had contact with individuals inside the White House as they were carrying out this counterintelligence operation. So here's what we know so far. And hopefully as this story progresses, things are gonna get more fleshed out. But anyway, one of the big targets obviously was these, they're calling them anti-Trump Republicans. But what it really was was Republicans that were not sufficiently loyal to Donald Trump.

They included people like, sorry, here. Politicians in Wyoming, politicians in Colorado, politicians in Arizona, specifically in Wyoming, they were targeting Republican governor Mark Gordon, who they viewed as a RINO. And they wanted to get him out of office because again, not sufficiently loyal to Trump. Here's what strikes me about all this. Policy doesn't matter. You know, just like with the whole Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger thing, right? These individuals vote with the Republican party more than 90% of the time. It's actually more than 95% of the time. They're out there pushing horrible Republican policies. You know, they're targeting the LGBTQ community. They're passing restrictive voter suppression laws. They're lobbying for more tax cuts for businesses and the wealthy. What more do you need to bolster your conservative credentials? They're outlawing abortions in their states.

So yeah, these people are as conservative as Republican as they come. Their only crime in the eyes of people like Erik Prince and this Seddon fella, is that they weren't loyal enough to Trump. See, that's the cardinal sin of today's Republican party. It actually doesn't matter what you stand for. It doesn't matter how many policies you push that are part of the Republican platform and have been for decades. All that matters is, do you love Trump? Yes or no? That's it. That's all you have to do. And if the answer is no, then all of your conservative credentials go out the window, doesn't matter how many people you've tried to target with your oppressive legislation. The only thing that matters is that you tell everybody all the time, everywhere, that you love Donald Trump and that you'll never let him go.