2 Democratic operatives are ousted

2 DNC operatives seen on video in apparent plot to get fights started

Two operatives who were working to help elect Hillary Clinton are no longer working in that role after an undercover video appeared to show them plotting to incite violence at Donald Trump’s rallies.

Two operatives who were working with the Democratic National Committee to help elect Hillary Clinton are no longer working in that role after an undercover video appeared to show them plotting to incite violence at Donald Trump’s rallies.

The creatively edited video was the work of James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas Action, a rightwing organization that sends researchers around the country to spy on the inner workings of Democratic campaigns. The tape showed Robert Creamer, of Democracy Partners, and Scott Foval, formerly of People for the American Way and Americans United for Change, appearing to talk about plans to plant people outside of Trump rallies and instigate fights.

“It doesn’t matter what the friggin’ legal and ethics people say, we need to win this,” Foval said in one clip of the video that describes how to get Trump’s supporters to start punching the people that they plant in line at his rallies.

Violence at Trump’s rallies was widespread over the summer.

The Democratic National Committee said in a statement that it contracted Creamer in June to do counterprogramming in cities where the Trump campaign was holding events. While the committee said it opposed the incitement of violence of any kind, it was also investigating any potential illegal activity by O’Keefe.

The Clinton campaign denounced the tactics discussed in the video while expressing doubts about the measures employed by O’Keefe.

“While Project Veritas has been known to offer misleading video out of context, some of the language and tactics referenced in the video are troubling even as a theory or proposal never executed,” said Zac Petkanas, a spokesman for Clinton.