The Republican plan to enthrone a dictator; destroy the nonpartisan civil service; legalize race, gender, and sex discrimination; establish White nationalism; give public assets to billionaires, and make America sick, weak, and ignorant.
Project 2025 is the Republican’s dystopian vision for America.The project is spelled out in a 920-paged document created by Trump’s former cabinet members and supporters and funded by the Heritage Foundation1. It seeks to ensure that if Trump wins in November, MAGA will hit the ground running, having “both a governing agenda and the right people in place, ready to carry this agenda out on day one of the next conservative administration.”
The document–Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise–describes what Trump and his backers will impose upon the American people if he wins a second presidential term in 2024. It makes for terrifying reading. In another of his endless lies, Trump has tried to distance himself from Project 25, but given the number of his colleagues and supporters listed among the authors, that denial simply doesn’t wash.2
How radical is Project 2025? Kevin Roberts, Heritage Foundation president, recently said that the country is in the midst of a “second American Revolution” that will be bloodless “if the left allows it to be.” Chilling.
Below is a one-paged FactSheet on Project 2025, so you don’t have to read the whole thing. A list of links to articles and summaries with more details follows the FactSheet.
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Links to further information about Project 2025
- Besides an excellent summary and a link to the full Project 2025 report, Blue CD-2’s page also gives a useful New Mexican spin to the Republicans’ dark plans. It reminds us that it’s not just the US Presidency that’s on the ballot, but also important federal and state races that will determine how our government functions.
- Democracy Forward has a well-written, detailed summary (downloadable PDF), The People’s Guide to Project 2025.
- Voters of Tomorrow provides younger voters with Gen Z’s Guide To Project 2025.
- Download the entire Mandate for Leadership.
- A conservative think tank, the Heritage Foundation has helped shape policy for Republican politicians and past Republican administrations since 1973. It draws its support from conservative billionaires and their foundations. ↩︎
- Further tying Trump and his supporters to Project 25 is the Republican Platform, which echoes the Project’s “Mandate” in almost every regard. The Platform omits the Project’s opposition to abortion and its threat to restrict all birth control, apart from “natural methods” like the rhythm method, because Republicans know their victory in overturning Roe v Wade is deeply unpopular with the majority of Americans. But make no mistake: once in power, Republicans will swiftly move to further attack women’s health care and interfere with every American’s personal family choices. ↩︎