Project Veritas is performing a public service by giving politicians and their staffers an opportunity to reveal their true political beliefs. Veritas is a rightist group that is targeting leftist politicians, and what they've uncovered about Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill and Tennessee Senate candidate Phil Bredesen is enlightening.
Here's McCaskill speaking with the undercover journalist:
Senator McCaskill revealed her intention to vote on various gun control measures in undercover footage:MCCASKILL: "Well if we elect enough Democrats we'll get some gun safety stuff done. They won't let us vote on it, we've got 60 votes for a number of measures that would help with gun safety, but McConnell won't let 'em come to the floor."JOURNALIST: "Like bump stocks, ARs and high capacity mags...?"
MCCASKILL: "Universal background checks, all of that... But if we have the kind of year I think we might have I think we could actually be in a position to get votes on this stuff on the floor and we'd get 60 [votes]..."
JOURNALIST: "So you would be on board with the bump stocks and... high capacity mags."
MCCASKILL: "Of course! Of course!"
And here are some Bredesen staffers who claim to know the candidate's true position on the Kavanaugh nomination.
Maria Amalla and Will Stewart, staffers in Bredesen's campaign, both say on hidden camera that if he were in the Senate, Bredesen would not actually have voted to confirm then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh. They explained that the statement Bredesen issued in support of Kavanaugh was a political ploy to gain the support of moderate voters in Tennessee.JOURNALIST: "Like he wouldn't really vote yes [for Kavanaugh,] would he?AMALLA: "No, it's a political move... He thinks that like we're down like half a point right now. It's like really close and we're losing by a point or two. So he thinks that if like by saying this he's appealing to more moderate republicans and he'll get more of them to vote for us."
JOURNALIST: "I was so confused because I just can't believe he would actually vote [for Kavanaugh.]
STEWART: "He wouldn't. But he's saying he would... Which I don't know if it makes it worse or better. No, it makes it better... "
[snip]
JOURNALIST: "So he'll lose voters if he says yes [to not confirming Kavanaugh?]"STEWART: "Oh, straight up, yeah."
JOURNALIST: "Are the people of Tennessee that ignorant?"
STEWART: "Yeah."
This is all valuable information for voters, especially with public trust in our politicians at a record high!
Unfortunately Project Veritas only targets leftist politicians. It would be valuable if a similar group were to stage undercover interviews with rightist politicians.
