Tim Ballard compares himself to Abraham Lincoln, says negative stories were timed to be politically damaging

Tim Ballard compared himself to Abraham Lincoln while claiming a recent wave of damaging news reports were timed to derail his expected run for U.S. Senate next year.

“Like Lincoln ... I will not stop, I will not give up,” Ballad said in a video posted to social media.

Tim Ballard stands near President Lincoln's Cottage in a video posted to social media on Sept. 20, 2023, where he alleges a wave of negative news stories were aimed to be politically damaging to his future bid for public office.

The anti-human-trafficking activist also suggested those stories were timed to coincide with Mitt Romney’s announcement that he would not seek a second term in 2024 and were meant to derail Ballard’s potential U.S. Senate bid next year. The video, posted to far-right commentator Jack Posobiec’s social media on Wednesday afternoon, showed Ballard standing outside

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