Donald Trump won the election, and now Republicans are relieved to publicly admit that Project 2025 was the plan all along.
The package of draconian policies prepared by the Heritage Foundation in preparation for Trump’s second administration was so extreme that in the final months of the campaign the former president went to great lengths to publicly distance himself from the project. Its contents, which include a vast expansion of executive powers; a de facto national abortion ban; increased restrictions on contraception; draconian policies against undocumented immigrants; and the abolition of several federal agencies (including the Department of Education), did not sit well with potential voters.
Trump feigned ignorance of the plan, despite his close ties to those involved in drafting it, while Democrats did all they could to warn of the conservative blueprint for Trump’s second term.
Sure enough, less than 24 hours after the election was called, his allies, advisors and prominent supporters were celebrating the now-open road to Project 2025.
On Wednesday, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon – who just weeks ago completed a four-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress – praised Christian nationalist Matt Walsh, a commentator for the Daily Wire, on his page War Room Radio.
Walsh had a post on XTwitter previously: “Now that the election is over, I think we can finally say that Project 2025 is indeed the agenda. Very funny.”
Bannon said: “I think Matt Walsh is a very smart and funny guy.” “Put this everywhere,” he added, instructing his staff to promote the post on his own social media.
Benny Johnson, a right-wing podcaster, also gloated about the project. “I am honored to inform you all that Project 2025 was real all along,” he wrote. He wrote.
In a separate post, Tarrant County Republican Party Chairman Beau French wrote, “Can we admit now that we are going to implement Project 2025?”
Regardless of whether Trump explicitly endorses Project 2025 as a guide for his second administration, the overlap in his proposals, staff, and goals means the two are inextricably linked. Republicans don’t have to pretend anymore.
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