“Videos show closed-door sessions of leading conservative [Council for National Policy] activists [in February & August 2020]: ‘Be not afraid of the accusations that you’re a voter suppressor’” 1/ washingtonpost.com/investigations…
“This is a spiritual battle we are in. This is good versus evil,” CNP’s executive committee president, Bill Walton, said on Aug. 21, addressing attendees at the Ritz-Carlton in Pentagon City. “We have to do everything we can to win.” 2/
“‘And so our organization is going to be harvesting ballots in churches,’ [Republican operative Ralph Reed] said. ‘We’re going to be specifically going in not only to White evangelical churches, but into Hispanic and Asian churches, and collecting those ballots.’” 3/
“Some participants spoke of a CNP-associated delegation that meets weekly with [Trump] White House officials. They said the group, the Conservative Action Project, has helped to choose loyalists to run federal agencies & coordinate outside messages w/ nonprofit organizations…4/
…to support administration policies and leaders.” 5/
“‘It’s kind of this little secretive huddle that meets every Wednesday morning,’ Paul Teller, a Trump deputy and director of strategic initiatives for Vice President Pence, told the [CNP] audience in August.” 6/
“Organizers showed ads that feature doctors in white lab coats...They told the CNP audience that market research found that featuring doctors engenders trust among voters.’ And so I remind people that what we’re trying 2 do is put on theater…It’s the stage. It’s the script &..7/
… the actors.’” 8/ 😳
“In February, during three days of meetings in Southern California, a CNP member named Rachel Bovard described the Conservative Action Project’s influence in helping the Trump administration select political appointees for the executive branch. “ 9/ 
“In addition, [CNPer] Bovard described Ginni Thomas [SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas’s wife] as a crucial link to the [Trump] White House. ‘She is one of the most powerful and fierce women in Washington,’ Bovard said. ‘She is really the tip of the spear in these efforts.’” 10/ 😳
11/ These groups claim to be nonpartisan.
12/ Related thread. Per this account, Bannon spoke at an August 2020 CNP session. Bannon was indicted on 8/20/20, so I was curious about the timing. I don’t see a link to this video in the WaPo articles though.
https://twitter.com/_truth_matters/status/1351173735525605391
16/ The CNP also apparently worked hard to influence Trump’s selection of federal judges, including Amy Coney Barrett.
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