We’ve heard COVID-19 used as an often good excuse for things being delayed, but apparently, the pandemic is also contributing to the production of Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson’s anti-Trump film that was supposed to be out in 2018 … you know, before the election. We have President Biden now, and just maybe under his administration, we’ll see the movie that Wilson raised $64,000 to produce.
The Lincoln Project's Rick Wilson raised $64,000 for an anti-Trump film that he said would premier in 2018, but it has yet to be released.
Producer Ben Howe told me that it is still in production but has experienced delays in part due to COVID-19.https://t.co/a2j7kxtQOv
— Audrey Conklin (@audpants) February 16, 2021
"The issue now is that, in almost every way imaginable, the world looks very different than when Rick first asked me to direct," Howe said. "So, what an interviewee might've offered as analysis at the end of 2019 is almost certainly different today…"
— Audrey Conklin (@audpants) February 16, 2021
Audrey Conkin reports for Fox News:
Rick Wilson, co-founder of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project PAC, raised nearly $65,000 for a film called “Everything Trump Touches Dies” that has yet to be released.
Wilson raised $64,766 from around 1,400 donors for the film – based on his book under the same title – on the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe, though donations have since been paused for the project.
The GoFundMe page initially claimed the feature-length documentary would premiere in January 2018. But a January 2018 update from Wilson said filmmakers were still working on its “first round of interviews” and asked people to give more money to the project.
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Wilson provided no updates for nearly two months, when he said in March 2018 that the film was in “final production” and again asked for more money.
Nearly a year later in February 2019, Wilson insisted that the project was “still happening” and that he needed to “expand the scope of the project to truly tell the story.”
Next, they’ll be telling us they’re waiting for theaters to fully reopen to meet the demand to see the film.
And… you believe this? https://t.co/Tzk88Hl99v
— RBe (@RBPundit) February 17, 2021
so it got delayed by a pandemic that occurred nearly 2 years after it was supposed to be released? pic.twitter.com/C5Sdd7LOqe
— speros (@speros901) February 17, 2021
Um…. Delayed by covid for a 2018 premiere? Think about that for a moment.
— BTME (@btme87) February 17, 2021
Oh.
— I got your #Unity right here (@jtLOL) February 17, 2021
COVID delayed a movie set to premiere in…2018?
I’m not a mathematician or a scientist, but that doesn’t add up. pic.twitter.com/SX5y9ZH4l1
— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) February 17, 2021
1. Delayed in 2018 because of a pandemic that happened in 2020.
2. If it's still in production, why was the GoFundMe taken down?
3. Who took possession of the $64.000. https://t.co/Rf5jElS7pW
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) February 17, 2021
It's always been a grift and anyone who fell for it is stupid
— Snake Foreskin (@cdubyabee) February 17, 2021
Lol almost like the Lincoln Project has been a giant grift from the very beginning.
— Karl is a Vladimir Lenin Democrat (@rs_toper) February 17, 2021
Better check Rickie's checking and savings accounts….
— Rich Jones (@rjones138) February 16, 2021
The issue is not the $64K. It’s the TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS these clowns kept for themselves.
— CCwriter?? (@ccwriter) February 17, 2021
Filmed on location at your local elementary school playground
— Humper Byden (@twodogtown) February 17, 2021
At this point, are we sure any kind of film production from the Lincoln Project boys is a good idea? It'll be 2:19 long by the time they cut out all the parts exploiting minors. https://t.co/RHboSsxFim
— Aldous Huxley's Ghost™ (@AF632) February 17, 2021
Even AOC called the Lincoln Project a scam.
— Sullivan Scollay (@clamrag) February 17, 2021
Such a condescending and smug grifter..
— Nicole (@K1tchenW1tch) February 17, 2021
I’m sure he spent that on things unrelated
— M (@65savage77) February 17, 2021
Weird how they never answered questions about it until now. https://t.co/keuSyKrE2W
— HouseRepEEE (D) (@EEElverhoy) February 17, 2021
I respect Rick Wilson because he’s 83 but does the “big things coming…” followed up by nothing thing that younger generations love https://t.co/CvHmcdc4MX
— Ape’s Delight (@ByYourLogic) February 17, 2021
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What a DOLT! Rick Wilson couldn’t stop himself from BRAGGING about Lincoln Project pilfering Jennifer Horn’s private messages https://t.co/c4feYQfFox
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 12, 2021
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