Confusion to our enemies! From Dave Weigel, my personal Speaker to Libertarians, “FreedomWorks President Denies All Those Stories About His Organization Collapsing”:
… If you’re a fan of awkward interviews… watch the Daily Caller‘s Jamie Weinstein grapple with calm and laconic FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe. The interview started with a discussion of Kibbe’s book, Don’t Hurt People and Don’t Take Their Stuff, his third libertarian manifesto in four years. It continued as Weinstein pressed Kibbe on some movement gripes about FreedomWorks, which he took over fully after an acrimonious 2012 split with Dick Armey.
Kibbe’s response: a series of stone-faced denials. He expresses surprise that his latest book completely disappeared from the New York Times bestseller list after debuting at No. 2, and denies that any donors mass-purchased copies… And Kibbe flat-out denies a 2013 BuzzFeed scoop about FreedomWorks’ struggling fundraising campaigns…
That’s more than the organization said six months ago; when BuzzFeed had reached out for comment, FreedomWorks dismissed the “baseless attacks from salty former employees” without specifically rebutting anything…
More at the link. Maybe it’s just me, but Kibbe’s photo looks like it should be captioned THE BEATINGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES.
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