(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Team Trump Can Run From Unpopular Project 2025, But It Can’t Hide [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-08-15 Who would have imagined that a 900-+ page Heritage Foundation initiated document would grab headlines and the nation’s attention in these few months leading up to the November elections? Project 2025 is drawing so much attention that Team Trump is back peddling from it faster than a Michael Jackson moonwalk. And while Trump himself claims to know nothing about it, ABC News reported that he’s “urged his supporters to boo it at a campaign rally.” The messaging coming from Trump acolytes and Republican Party officials is: “move along, there’s nothing to see here!” Why is the Trump campaign publicly turning its back on Project 2025, an initiative that many of his former aides and advisors played a large role developing? Because the more people pay attention to this ultra-conservative blueprint for a second Trump term, the less they like what they’re hearing. A recent UMass Poll found that “more than 53% of Americans – and two thirds of Democrats – indicated that they had read, seen or heard at least something about ‘Project 2025’ and they don’t particularly care for it” (https://www.umass.edu/news/article/national-umass-poll-finds-harris-leading-trump-wide-opposition-policies-project-2025). Put simply, Project 2025 is Christian nationalism on steroids. It is an anti-democratic manifesto that dismantles church-state separation. It specifically targets reproductive rights, women, LGBTQ+ people, public school children, racial and religious minorities, and nonbelievers. “Project 2025 looks like an electoral liability, so it is no surprise that the Democratic Party has sought to link it with former President Trump and the GOP and why Trump seeks to move away from any and all association with” it, says Tatishe Nteta, provost professor of political science at UMass Amherst and director of the poll. “Large majorities of Americans oppose the key pillars of Project 2025, such as the replacement of career government officials with political appointees (68% opposed), restricting a woman’s right to contraception (72% opposed) and eliminating the Department of Education (64% opposed). “While our politics are usually divided by class, generational, racial, gender and partisan identities, among these groups we find strong opposition to many of the policies associated with Project 2025. Even former Trump voters exhibit opposition to many of these policies, a bad omen for the Republican Party and Trump campaign.” Meanwhile, The Hill is reporting that “Democrats are ramping up their attacks on Project 2025 … intensifying their public messaging campaign … with plans to escalate those efforts,” as we move toward November’s elections.” The Hill’s Mike Lillis reported that Democrats have “launched a recess press campaign highlighting various components of Project 2025 – a different issue every day. The idea is to tie the more controversial elements of the document to vulnerable Republicans in battleground districts that will decide which party controls the House next year.” [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/story/2024/8/15/2263418/-Team-Trump-Can-Run-From-Unpopular-Project-2025-But-It-Can-t-Hide Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/