
<p>Democrats and the left-leaning media are again (or is it still?) perpetrating a political falsehood regarding Project 2025.</p>



<p>According to the Democrat’s narrative, Project 2025 is a clandestine document outlining the plans and policies of the incoming Trump administration. ; It was conceived and written by Trump loyalists with the advance knowledge and approval of the President-elect. The anti-Trump media treats Project 2025 as some unusual secret plan that was uncovered and exposed by news reporters. ; None of that is true.</p>



<p>According to those on the left, it is an evil authoritarian document filled with plans and proposals to oppress the people of America and create a right-wing dictatorship. ; The left’s description of Project 2025 is nothing less than a mendacious fear mongering propaganda narrative.</p>



<p>All those false claims could be easily dismissed if the document was not so long – 900 pages, in fact. ; Those spreading lies know that the mischaracterizations by the left will be embraced by the base &#8230; ; and may fool others who will neither have the time nor the desire to actually read the Project 2025 report.</p>



<p>As a conservative, I can understand why those on the radical left do not like Project 2025. ; It is largely a conservative manifesto for limited government, lower taxes and greater personal freedom. It calls for greater efficiency in the operation of the federal government. ; It calls for lower taxes and less regulation. ; It reestablishes parental power over education – and calls for such parent and student friendly programs, such as school choice.</p>



<p>Of the thousands of ideas and recommendations in the document, the left dwells on a few that they can spin as controversial. ; Project 2025 takes up the pro-life conservative view on abortion, for example.</p>



<p>From a conservative perspective, I like most of the ideas, proposals and recommendations – but I disagree with some.  ;Just as I like many of Trump and the GOP’s policies and proposals &#8212; but disagree with some.</p>



<p>Those on the left would have us believe that this entire document is the work of a Trump government in exile. ; That is ridiculous and provably untrue. If you compare the Trump platform with Project 2025, you will find that he does not embrace many of the recommendations, such as a national ban on abortion. ; Project 2025 contributors are among the most anti-tariff policy influencers. ; Other ideas in Project 2025 are simply theoretical and have no practical impact on policy. ; It calls for a national ban on abortion – something Trump opposes, and such legislation will not get even considered by Congress.</p>



<p>Project 2025 is nothing more and nothing less than the work of a conservative think tank (the Heritage Foundation) – offering up ideas and recommendations for policies and programs. ; It is what think tanks do – including progressive think tanks, such as the Brookings Institution or the Woodrow Willson Internation Center for Scholars.</p>



<p>Project 2025 was launched without the involvement of Trump – or even with his specific knowledge. I strongly doubt he has even read the final report. ; Trump’s policies do not include many – and even most &#8212; of the ideas and recommendations found in Project 2025.</p>



<p>As evidence of their specious claim that Project 2025 is the work of Trump and his team, the never-Trumpers point to appointments in the incoming administration of individuals who participated as contributors to Project 2025. ; Of the scores of people already nominated to high posts in government, the left-wing media has so far identified only four who are named contributors to Project 2025. ; That is out of the 277 individual contributors and 54 think tanks, universities and organizations ;that provided input to the Project.</p>



<p>Those numbers put the lie to the left’s contention that Project 2025 is the isolated work of Team Trump – and THE major policy contributor to his administration, people or policies.</p>



<p>All the hair-on-fire condemnations of Project 2025 are borne out of pernicious and irrational evergreen animosity toward Trump – and all who support him. ; It is part of their false narrative that Trump represents an existential threat to the future of the American Republic – and to those on the left, Project 2025 is his Mein Kampf. ; The effort to paint Trump as the democracy anti-Christ only fooled some of the people some of the time (hopefully). ;</p>



<p>The attacks on Project 2025 are distractions from the actual plans and policies of the incoming Trump administration. ; Perhaps that is because those on the left recognize that most of Trump’s real policies are popular with the public. ; That is why he won the election. ; The never-Trumpers need a boogeyman for their fear monger narratives &#8212; even if they have to invent one.</p>



<p>Democrats and those on the left are employing a Halloween approach to Project 2025. ; They are taking a perfectly benign and innocent policy document – nothing but words and ideas &#8212; and dressing it up as some sort of political monster. ; Well &#8230; Halloween is over and so is the election. ;</p>



<p>Project 2025 is not the seminal manifesto of the incoming Trump administration. ; That is obvious to anyone who has read it – and has paid attention to Trump’s real policies. ; Its influence is relatively small in terms of where Trump gets his ideas. ; Any similarities to Trump programs are purely coincidental. ; It is time for those with the singed scalps to move on to the real issues.</p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

Democrats still obsessed with Project 2025
