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Trump claims to know 'nothing about Project 2025.' False. His own people wrote it Opinion
Project 2025 is a radical blueprint for a potential second Donald 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.”
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Here is the complete list of the 31 authors and editors of Project 2025 who have formal connections to the Trump administration:
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Read more at: https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/readers-opinion/guest-commentary/article289846444.html#storylink=cpy