Eric perez

Hello, Ms. Setmayer, I've been seeing people quote-tweet your comment all day. At first, I brushed it off as typical social-media derangement. Then I saw you double down: "This isn't about messaging. This is how I feel, and I won't apologize for it." So I looked you up, expecting to find an Uber driver or a random influencer. Instead, I found a resume that perfectly captures everything broken about America’s ruling class. Communications Director in the House of Representatives, 2006–2013. Then a member of the American Enterprise Institute, one of Washington's oldest and most influential foreign policy NGOs, famous for giving intellectual cover to Iraq, Afghanistan, and every "democracy promotion" venture since. Then, board member of Stand Up Republic, the "pro-democracy" group founded by Evan McMullin, funded through Arabella's dark-money network, and which conveniently paid McMullin's own LLC over $200,000 in "consulting" and "advertising" fees. After that, CNN contributor. Then Senior Advisor to The Lincoln Project, where you remained after its scandal broke... right up until 2024. Now, somehow, that path earns you the title of Resident Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics. And your new PAC, the Seneca Project, pulled in over half a million dollars last year alone. This isn't just about one absurd comment. No, a woman vetted by Harvard, CNN, and AEI sincerely comparing Trump-era construction to an act of terrorism isn't an accident. It's a symptom of how unserious, insulated, and toxic the "defenders of democracy" class has become. You represent the performative elite consensus that destroyed public trust in every institution it touched. And let's be honest: if anyone but Trump had approved those renovations, you'd be calling it "historic restoration." Your tribe is no longer about "democracy." It has become a closed loop of technocrats and oligarches. We're catching onto you.