Combatting Controversy: Project 2025 Explained | RNC Extra
Jul 18, 2024
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President of the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, discusses Project 2025 empowering states, deregulating the economy, and vetting personnel for conservative movement. Analyzing impact of recent events on political strategies and voter sentiments for a potential Trump administration.
Project 2025 focuses on devolving power from Washington, D.C. and implementing key policies like border security and deregulation.
The project empowers individuals by assembling a database of potential government personnel, challenging traditional power dynamics in Washington.
Deep dives
Overview of Project 2025
Project 2025 by the Heritage Foundation aims to provide policy options and personnel recommendations for conservative administrations. It involves 110 conservative organizations offering a menu of policy choices to shape the next administration. The project focuses on devolving power from Washington, D.C., dismantling the administrative state, and implementing key policies like border security and deregulation. Despite facing criticism, the project aims to bring common-sense solutions and grassroots support to conservative movements.
Vetting Process for Personnel
Project 2025 includes a vetting process to identify effective personnel for potential government positions. This initiative, based on Ronald Reagan's belief that 'people are policy,' has assembled a database of nearly 14,000 American individuals for various administrative roles. By empowering individuals to be part of the process, the project challenges the traditional power dynamics in Washington, receiving criticism for its threat to established power structures.
Alignment with GOP Platform
Project 2025 aligns significantly with the GOP platform and conservative philosophy, presenting a variety of policy options for consideration. While there may be differences of opinion within the conservative movement, the project aims to provide a range of choices and support for the administration. The initiative complements the Trump campaign and the RNC platform, offering a diversified approach to policy implementation and support from the grassroots conservative movement.
Democrats and Legacy media have set their sights on Project 2025. In this episode we sit down with Kevin Roberts, President of the Heritage Foundation to discuss the project and what it actually does. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.