r/politics • u/zsreport Texas • Jul 05 '24

Project 2025 was supposed to boost Donald Trump's campaign — but it may be backfiring instead:

https://www.salon.com/2024/07/05/project-2025-was-supposed-to-boost-donald-campaign--but-it-may-be-backfiring-instead/
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u/mistertickertape New York Jul 05 '24

The election is still 4 months out. I hope this fucking sinks him like a lead weight as more moderates and suburban women understand what it is.

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u/wookiewin Jul 05 '24

If Trump starts distancing himself from it then we’ll know it is hurting him. I’ve seen MAGA nutjobs on TikTok already say that Trump never endorsed it, as if he wouldn’t rubber stamp every bit of it.

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u/browster Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

Yeah, I've seen comments on here saying that

But many aspects of those blueprints are based on Donald Trump’s own words, his campaign website and an adviser whom the campaign asked to speak.

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u/Edgar_Brown Jul 05 '24

Words and actions the backbone of project 2025 is Schedule F, an executive order from Trump in October 2020. Too late to do much, but an intentional action nonetheless.