At the BET Awards Sunday (June 30), Taraji P. Henson made a political statement at least twice. The first time was when he appeared with Vice President Kamala Harris in a “voter” PSA, and the second time when he mentioned it. Project 2025. The phrase has been trending on social media for days until Taraji’s name.
“Plan 2025, look for it!” Here it is. And scary: https://t.co/aQXWqtLRIY https://t.co/LHYMSOyUfE
– Valerie Day (@valerieday) July 2, 2024
However, the actress who spoke at Project 2025 caused additional curiosity, especially after a week of surprising political moves from the Supreme Court. So, what exactly is it? Who is behind this “project” and what does it predict? Read on to find out all the facts, according to the Associated Press.
What is Project 2025?
AP reports that Project 2025 is a dramatic expansion of the president’s powers and plans to fire up to 50,000 government employees to replace them with loyalists of Donald Trump. In addition, the plan sought to dissolve part of the federal government.
The 1,000-page Project 2025 playbook calls for sweeping changes in government, including rolling back protections for the LGBTQ community and spreading Christianity deeper into society.
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It is being led and supported by the organization Heritage Foundation and its president, Kevin Roberts. Roberts said in a podcast released this week that Republicans “In the process of taking this country back.”
“We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be,” Kevin Roberts said.
A spokesperson for Project 2025 claims that it is not affiliated with any particular candidate or campaign. However, the rep described the project as a “A coalition of more than 110 conservative groups advocates for policy and personnel recommendations for the next conservative president.”
However, some of the people involved in Project 2025 are former senior administration officials. The director of the project is Paul Dans, who is the chief of staff in the US Office of Personnel Management under Trump. Russ Vought, who is the director of the Office of Management and Budget under Trump, wrote one of the chapters. John McEntee, former director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel in the Trump administration, is a senior adviser.
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On Friday (July 5), Donald Trump distanced himself from Project 2025 via social media. media websites.
“I know nothing about Project 2025,” Trump wrote. “I don’t know who is behind it. I don’t agree with some of the things they say, and some of the things they say are really ridiculous and abysmal. Whatever they do, I appreciate it, but I have nothing to do with them.
Trump has outlined his own plans to remake the government if he wins a second term, including staging the largest deportation operation in US history and imposing tariffs on potentially all imports. The campaign had previously warned outside allies not to consider speaking out for the former president and suggested a transition-in-waiting effort that was futile.
Also, as previously reported, a majority of judges ruled that the former president has broad immunity from prosecution on Monday (July 1). The move comes just weeks after former President Trump was convicted on 34 charges in the New York Hush Money trial.
The ruling appeared to clear the way for the campaign, just days after the first presidential debate against President Biden. However, the costs associated with Trump’s election in Washington DC may not be there now, especially before the November polls open.
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Associated Press staff Adriana Gomez Licon and Jill Colvin contributed to this report.
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