How Democrats made Project 2025 one of their top anti-GOP attacks
Washington PostAug 22
US Election: Project 2025
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The Facts
OVERVIEW: The 2025 Presidential Transition Project, commonly known as Project 2025, is an initiative to guide the next Republican administration. It was created by the Heritage Foundation with input from hundreds of conservative organizations and scholars. It focuses on policy, personnel, training, and a playbook for the first 180 days in office. It includes a manual for overhauling bureaucracy and features a database and "academy" to recruit and train conservative candidates to staff the White House.
CONTROVERSY: Project 2025 has become an election topic, as Democrats and their allies have claimed that, if former Pres. Donald Trump were to win the election, he would implement Project 2025's policy recommendations. There's considerable disagreement over the compendium's agenda, with critics saying it advocates cutting entitlements like Social Security and Medicare and implementing bans on abortion, contraceptives, and IVF. However, Heritage denies those claims.
The Spin
Democratic narrative
Project 2025 is dangerous. It details a far-right government takeover and is deeply tied to Trump's campaign. The Republican nominee is desperately trying to distance himself from this extremist agenda, but he can't hide the vast connections. Heritage is littered with Trump allies who have repeatedly fed Trump's fascistic whims. Beyond its partisan purging of the civil service system, Project 2025 also advocates peeling back civil rights, including those related to the LGBTQ+ community and abortion. Trump must not be allowed to run the US government by Project 2025's tenets.
Republican narrative
Democrats are spreading lies to misrepresent Trump's platform and distract from the failed policies of the Biden-Harris administration. Trump has repeatedly distanced himself from the initiative's hardline positions, but Democrats and the corporate media are still deceiving the public. Meanwhile, Trump's Agenda47 takes an optimistic and modern approach to governing, and most Americans would agree with its common-sense proposals on illegal immigration, economics, and other key issues. Voters should ignore the alarmist Democrats' false claims and focus on how Trump plans to restore America.
Conservative narrative
Project 2025 is a bold initiative that will guide a conservative renaissance and reclaim the government from career bureaucrats and politicians who have sold out America. For decades, the Democratic machine has installed party loyalists to ensure Washington operates according to the will of the establishment instead of the people. Heritage created an all-encompassing apparatus to guide conservatives in their fight against tyranny. Unfortunately, Trump has tried to distance himself based on erroneous information. Project 2025 was created by loyal Trump supporters aiming to make America First a reality, so he should embrace it.
