James O’Keefe signing hats after his talk on Project Veritas
The Wyoming Republican Convention was held throughout Sheridan over the weekend beginning on May 5. The Ramada Plaza was the main headquarters, with many vendors and booths in the atrium.
On Thursday night the group held a meet and mingle and a fundraiser for the Sheridan County Republican committee at Kings Saddlery and the Don King Museum with special music by Dave Munsick.
On Friday there was a congressional delegation dinner at the Best Western, with Senator John Barrasso, Senator Cynthia Lummis and Governor Mark Gordon in attendance.
Candidate Harriet Hageman sponsored a Saturday breakfast at the fairgrounds exhibit hall, and James O’Keefe, founder of Project Veritas, spoke to a full house at the Early Auditorium at Sheridan Junior High School on Saturday afternoon.
People could even have their photos taken with former president Trump’s cutout
David Iverson, who does Cowboy State Politics podcasts about news and opinion from Wyoming and the nation, welcomed the audience and introduced the speaker. Iverson said there are a number of groups that operate in Wyoming that people might not know what they represent, and a lot of them are not working in Wyoming’s best interest. Most of them are motivated to “turn Wyoming as blue as possible.” He added that it is important that everyone should know who these groups are so they can inform others, and the best way to do this is to do your own research. “That is what I like to do most, find one of these liberal groups and expose them for who they really are.”
David Iverson of Cowboy State Politics
O’Keefe is an award-winning journalist and writer and the founder of Project Veritas, and Project Veritas Action. These two non-profit organizations are dedicated to investigating corruption, dishonesty, waste and fraud in the public and private sectors. These investigations have led to new legislation, and defunding corrupt organizations, as well as criminal charges in some cases
Mr. Okeefe spoke about Project Veritas showing several videos about his organization, and some of what they are doing right now. He talked about a recent FBI raid on his home and his office. He said he felt that in the United States there should be equal justice under the law, and many times this is not the case. He said even the ACLU came to their defense as well. “And that’s shocking.” he added.
He mentioned that one of Project Veritas’s best known cases was the expose of Acorn, a taxpayer subsidized Obama Era association that conducted the census, registered voters and signed people up for various government programs. After the Project Veritas undercover expose, funding for the group was denied due to the corruption.
In 2016 the group discovered that an anti-trump group embedded people into the trump rallies to ‘stir-up trouble.’
O’Keefe spoke of several other undercover operations his group had worked on, and ended his talk by saying that when one is trying to find the truth, they can’t be afraid.
The convention concluded with a banquet on Saturday night, and O’Keefe was the keynote speaker. After the banquet there was a VIP reception with O’Keefe.
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Last modified: May 8, 2022