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Chuck Darwin @[email protected] · 2024-07-08 · 13:55 UTC

Project 2025 is a radical blueprint for a potential second Trump administration,
spearheaded by the right-wing Heritage Foundation.

The plan calls for withdrawing approval for the abortion pill,
banning pornography,
slashing corporate taxes,
abolishing the Department of Education,
replacing thousands of experienced federal workers with political appointees,
imposing a "biblically based… definition of marriage and families,"
and placing the Justice Department and other independent agencies under the direct control of the president.

These and other provisions of Project 2025 are quite unpopular.

As Project 2025 has gained notoriety
— thanks to actor Taraji P. Henson and others
— Trump has sought to distance himself from the effort.

On July 5, Trump posted on Truth Social that he knows "nothing about Project 2025,"
has "no idea who is behind it,"
and has "nothing to do with them."

This is false.

The co-editors of Project 2025,
Paul #Dans and Steven #Groves,
both held high-ranking positions in the Trump administration.

Under Trump, Dans served as Chief of Staff at the Office of Personnel Management,
the agency responsible for staffing the federal government,
and was a senior advisor at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Groves served Trump in the White House as Deputy Press Secretary and Assistant Special Counsel.

Project 2025's two associate directors, Spencer #Chretien and Troup #Hemenway, are also tightly connected with Trump.

Chretien was Special Assistant to President Donald J. Trump and Associate Director of Presidential Personnel,
"helping to identify, recruit, and place hundreds of political appointees at all levels of government."

Previously, Trump appointed Chretien to a position at HUD.

Hemenway also served as an Associate Director of Presidential Personnel and previously worked on Trump's 2016 campaign and Trump's 2016 transition team.

Project 2025's 922-page policy agenda has 30 chapters and 34 authors.

Twenty-five of Project 2025's authors served as members of the Trump administration.

Another Project 2025 author, Stephen #Moore, was nominated by Trump to the Federal Reserve
but forced to withdraw "over his past inflammatory writings about women."

Further, William #Walton, the co-author of the chapter on the Department of the Treasury, was a key member of Trump's transition team.

All told, of the 38 people responsible for writing and editing Project 2025,
31 were appointed or nominated to positions in the Trump administration and transition.

In other words, while Trump claims he has "nothing to do" with the people who created Project 2025, over 81% had formal roles in his first administration

#dans #groves #chretien #hemenway #moore #walton

Chuck Darwin @[email protected] · 2024-07-06 · 23:00 UTC

Former Trump advisor #Stephen #Miller claimed he has
“never been involved with Project 2025” in a post on X on Saturday

However, a video on the Project 2025 YouTube channel says otherwise.

Following in Donald Trump’s footsteps, Miller tried to deny he has had any involvement with the plan, that has been described as, “ridiculous and abysmal,” by his former boss.

Unfortunately for Miller, he appears in a video on the Project 2025 website entitled
“Project 2025 Presidential Administration Academy.”

Miller addressed the Biden-Harris campaign X account which shared a screengrab of Miller in the video, telling followers on X
“I have never been involved with Project 2025, not one word. But keep hoaxing, losers. Hoaxes are all you have.”

Miller isn’t the only Trump administration official linked to Project 2025.

Former Trump assistant #Spencer #Chretien, former Trump Office of Personnel Management Chief of Staff #Paul #Dans and Trump advisor #Troup #Hemenway appear in the video
and are listed on the Project 2025 website as creators of the plan.

Trump campaign press secretary #Karoline #Leavitt also appears in the video right after Miller.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-trump-advisor-stephen-miller-squirms-to-deny-involvement-with-project-2025-ad-says-otherwise

#stephen #miller #spencer #chretien #paul #dans