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Saturday, August 03, 2024

Why Project 2025 is still a threat

By Jen Psaki

After the director of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 stepped down on Tuesday, the Trump campaign once again attempted to distance itself, writing it "welcomed" reports of the project's "demise."

This statement is nothing new. On our show, we've extensively covered the absurdity of former President Donald Trump's selective amnesia around Project 2025. In short, Trump has claimed numerous times to "know nothing" about Project 2025, even though the plan was developed by his former and (likely) future staff. Furthermore, in newly surfaced audio, Heritage President Kevin Roberts is heard acknowledging that Trump's claims of ignorance about Project 2025 are a "political tactical decision."

If you need any more proof that Trump's denial is misleading, on Thursday it was reported that Sen. JD Vance wrote the foreword to Roberts' new book, in which Vance called Roberts' ideas "an essential weapon."

Roberts has confirmed that Project 2025 "completed exactly what it set out to do" and will continue its efforts to "build a personnel apparatus for policymakers of all levels — federal, state, and local." As New York Times reporter Jonathan Swan noted, Project 2025 already finished its comprehensive list of policy recommendations. The work is already done.

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