{"id":1037322,"date":"2024-07-17T16:27:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T20:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1037322"},"modified":"2024-07-17T16:27:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T20:27:22","slug":"project-2025-got-their-guy-with-trump-vp-nominee-jd-vance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/project-2025-got-their-guy-with-trump-vp-nominee-jd-vance\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 2025 Got Their Guy With Trump VP Nominee JD Vance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to Donald Trump choosing <\/em>Project<\/em><\/a> <\/em>2025<\/em><\/a> <\/em>superfan<\/em><\/a> JD Vance as his running mate, <\/em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen JD Vance joined Donald Trump\u2019s ticket, Project 2025 got their dream candidate that put a \u2018broad smile\u2019 on their face because they have been \u2018really rooting for\u2019 him all along. Vance has already admitted he thinks their dangerous agenda of undermining our democracy, banning abortion nationwide, and rigging the economy for the ultra-wealthy is full of \u2018good ideas\u2019 \u2013 but the vast majority of Americans don\u2019t agree. The Trump-Vance ticket will be the most extreme in modern American history, which is exactly why Americans will reject them this November in favor of President Biden and Vice President Harris\u2019 vision for more rights, lower costs, and a stronger democracy.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

JD Vance praised Project 2025 as having \u201cgood ideas,\u201d has cozied up to Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts, and has embraced numerous Project 2025 proposals.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019ve reviewed a lot of [Project 2025]. There are some good ideas in there.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New Republic<\/a>: \u201cProject 2025 Leader Is Overjoyed by Trump\u2019s Vice Presidential Pick\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nick Corasaniti, New York Times<\/a>: \u201c[Kevin Roberts] reacted to the news [of Vance\u2019s VP selection] \u2018with a broad smile on my face\u2019 and said that \u2018privately, we were really rooting for him.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gram Slattery, Reuters<\/a>: \u201cVance is very close to Heritage and even wrote the forward for a book from the think tank\u2019s president. Project 2025 is of course organized by Heritage.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vox<\/a>: \u201cKevin Roberts, the president of the right-wing Heritage Foundation and the driving force behind Project 2025, told Ward that \u2018[Vance] is absolutely going to be one of the leaders \u2014 if not the leader \u2014 of our movement.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance<\/a>: \u201cI want to thank especially Kevin Roberts and all the Heritage Foundation for 50 years of incredible work on conservative policy.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance<\/a>: \u201cI think that what Trump should do, like if I was giving him one piece of advice, is fire every single civil servant\u2026 replace them with our people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cThe r\u00e9sum\u00e9s of Vance\u2019s senior staffers read like a phone book for the New Right ecosystem in Washington: the Claremont Institute, American Compass, the Conservative Partnership Institute, Hillsdale College.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: Project 2025 author and RNC Platform Committee Policy Director Russ Vought is a \u201cclose ally of Vance.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Vance joining Trump\u2019s MAGA ticket, it\u2019s even clearer that Project 2025 is \u201cundeniably a Trump-driven operation.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cThis is undeniably a Trump-driven operation.<\/strong> The biggest tell: Johnny McEntee \u2014 one of Trump’s closest White House aides, and his most fervent internal loyalty enforcer \u2014 is a senior adviser to Project 2025. One of the most powerful architects is Stephen Miller, a top West Wing adviser for the Trump administration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cMany of the authors of the blueprint are former Trump officials, and the Heritage Foundation has spent the past year-plus recruiting people to implement the plans within the administration<\/strong>, Scott said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018So they don\u2019t just have a long, sprawling policy document,\u2019 he said, \u2018they also have a growing list of staff who are being tested to see if they are loyal to Trump and if they are willing to administer this in his potential administration.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile groups like Heritage have put forward conservative policy proposals in the past, Scott said Project 2025 is distinct in that it\u2019s so comprehensive and far-reaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018It has so many groups contributing to it. It\u2019s the whole conservative policy movement gathered together,\u2019<\/strong> he said.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Week<\/a>: \u201cMany of Trump\u2019s indicated plans for a second term fall in line with the Project 2025 outline.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cRoberts told me that he views Heritage\u2019s role today as \u2018institutionalizing Trumpism.\u2019 <\/strong>This includes leading Project 2025, a transition blueprint that outlines a plan to consolidate power in the executive branch, dismantle federal agencies and recruit and vet government employees to free the next Republican president from a system that Roberts views as stacked against conservative power. The lesson of Trump\u2019s first year in office, Roberts told me, is that \u2018the Trump administration \u2026 simply got a slow start. And Heritage and our allies in Project 2025 believe that must never be repeated.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The more the American people learn about Trump\u2019s Project 2025 agenda, the more they dislike it. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navigator Research<\/a>: \u201cAmericans oppose all the key elements in Project 2025, with the greatest concerns around health care, worker\u2019s rights, and dismantling federal programs. <\/strong>Over four in five Americans oppose an array of policies proposed in Project 2025 such as \u2018allowing employers to stop paying hourly workers overtime\u2019 \u2026 Additionally, four in five oppose \u2018allowing the government to monitor people\u2019s pregnancies to potentially prosecute them if they miscarry.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAmericans\u2019 overall opposition to Project 2025 increases after reading about its specific policy goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThree in five Americans say Project 2025 would benefit the wealthiest Americans, CEOs, and corporations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miami Herald<\/a>: \u201cAs Americans learn more about Project 2025, they become more opposed, poll finds\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Donald Trump choosing Project 2025 superfan JD Vance as his running mate, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:  \u201cWhen JD Vance joined Donald Trump\u2019s ticket, Project 2025 got their dream candidate that put a \u2018broad smile\u2019 on their face because they have been \u2018really rooting for\u2019 him all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1037322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nProject 2025 Got Their Guy With Trump VP Nominee JD Vance - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/project-2025-got-their-guy-with-trump-vp-nominee-jd-vance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-17T20:27:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-17T20:27:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/project-2025-got-their-guy-with-trump-vp-nominee-jd-vance\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/project-2025-got-their-guy-with-trump-vp-nominee-jd-vance\/\",\"name\":\"Project 2025 Got Their Guy With Trump VP Nominee JD Vance - 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