The Lincoln Project out-garbages itself, fires Ben Howe over old tweets

The Washington Post is reporting that Ben Howe, our former colleague at Red State, has been fired by The Lincoln Project over “crude tweets about female anatomy”:

Lincoln Project video editor is out over crude tweets about female anatomy https://t.co/zI7tSHcvHl

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 14, 2020

What f*cking cowards:

I asked @ProjectLincoln what they were doing to appeal to women. It turned into a different story. https://t.co/3i3znQWVdc

— Amanda Becker (@AmandaBecker) July 14, 2020

Wait until the Washington Post searches the Twitter feed of Rick Wilson:

Astonishing hypocrisy. Fire the black woman for tweeting a not-nice word and then apologizing, while keeping the Confederate flag fetishist. Fire Ben Howe for a six-year-old tweet about 'female anatomy' but keep the guy who calls congresswomen trash. https://t.co/aUZU2UJTAX

— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) July 14, 2020

They’re really going to need to explain this one:

This is dumb. Rick Wilson was flying the rebel flag, saying the South Will Rise Again!

But @BenHowe gets fired over some Tweets.

If you're a *creative*, never do a deal that doesn't give you *equity.*

Money people will always fire *you* first.https://t.co/ZbOfxEUFVJ

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) July 14, 2020

Not only this, but when George Conway was trying to get then-candidate Trump elected, it was Howe who was openly anti-Trump:

There is no way that taken as a whole, Ben Howe's Twitter history is more offensive or vitriolic than Rick Wilson's. https://t.co/8dEygL01pp

— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) July 14, 2020

Good luck with what comes next, guys:

This seems counterproductive. Most of these guys have said horrible things in the past, now they're atoning in a productive way. https://t.co/JzDSaymECN

— Michelle Goldberg (@michelleinbklyn) July 14, 2020

100% this:

I've known @benhowe for years and I know he sincerely regrets saying dumb stuff like this. Few in politics have been as honest and up-front as him about coming to terms with and moving beyond one's own conduct in the public eye. Shame to see this. https://t.co/RabQCufWOP

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) July 14, 2020

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