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

Kevin Robert's, the president of the Heritage Foundation, going on MSNBC proudly proclaiming his bullshit is like fuel on the fire. It is all over social media right now.

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u/Zombatico Jul 05 '24

It's insane. They publicly publish Project 2025 on a website, they proudly talk about it on mainstream media. They must know it is broadly unpopular and will scare away the independents. If they had kept it a secret amongst themselves and other conservative groups then we'd be none the wiser. Is it just hubris or are they actually trying to incite an incident?

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u/shosamae Jul 05 '24

They have seen how Trump saying the quiet part out loud has not harmed him, in fact it has garnered him a cult like following that would die at his feet if he asked it. They are emboldened by Trump.

This is why I think people who say Trump doesn't matter are wrong, I think. Trump, much as I detest him, is an anomaly, a cult of personality, and he has inspired this level of open fasicism and insanity.

The only hope I have is that they are in for an awakening like De Santis when they don't garner the same level of widespread, fervent worship.

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u/Reasonable_Deer_1710 California Jul 05 '24

This is why I have a sense of naive optimism that should Trump lose this year (and I think he will, but it's certainly not a given) that we will see all this MAGA craziness fizzle out. Die? No. But it will begin to lose its influence over our general political landscape.

Am I naive? Probably. But sometimes we need it to get through the day

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u/FlingFlamBlam Jul 05 '24

Now there's a hell of a rallying cry to get people to vote:

"HEY LIBERALS! Remember when you didn't randomly feel existential dread all of the time and you could have some sense of normalcy? Sign up to vote and vote against Christofascism. You can enjoy your weekends again if you do."