A prominent MAGA figure said Project 2025 is actually “the agenda,” despite Donald Trump repeatedly denying any connection to it during the campaign.
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon strongly supported the comment by conservative political commentator Matt Walsh, who previously said on Twitter: “Now that the election is over, I think we can finally say that Project 2025 is actually on the agenda.” Walsh’s post received 5.9 million views and 6,800 reposts.
The 2025 Project, a manifesto created by conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation for the incoming Republican president, has been harshly criticized by many across the political spectrum including Trump himself for some of its proposals that include a sweeping overhaul of the federal government and federal policies. Which targets the use of abortion pills.
Trump said he had no connection to it multiple times, calling some of the ideas “absolutely absurd and ridiculous” in July, but Democrats have pushed back, saying several former aides to the president-elect are leading the project.
Bannon, who was recently released from prison after serving a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress, cited and endorsed the post on his podcast Bannon’s War Room.
“I think Matt Walsh, a very smart and funny guy, just wrote on Twitter: ‘Now that the election is over, I think we can finally say that Project 2025 is actually the agenda,'” he said.
“Amazing,” Bannon added, before asking his team to “put that everywhere.”
Walsh has no official role on Trump’s team, but he is an important figure in the pro-MAGA media with 3.2 million followers on X, formerly Twitter, and he hosts the daily podcast The Matt Walsh Show, produced by The Daily Wire.
Now that the elections are over, I think we can finally say that Project 2025 is already on the agenda. Very funny
– Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) November 6, 2024
Newsweek has contacted Trump’s team via email seeking any response.
Kevin Roberts, President of the Heritage Foundation, congratulated Trump on his victory, after he achieved what was described as the greatest political comeback in the history of the United States.
“President Trump has won a hard-fought, historic victory: overcoming four false indictments, surviving two assassination attempts, and overcoming an unprecedented mid-race swap of candidates to become the first president since Grover Cleveland to win two non-consecutive terms,” Kevin Roberts said in a statement. A statement issued Tuesday evening.
The 900-page Project 2025 document contains 30 essays written by several conservative political thinkers and former officials, which together outline ways in which the federal government can be reshaped to address “the moral and foundational challenges America faces at this moment in history.”
The document’s recommendations on abortion, immigration, and executive control of the federal bureaucracy have the ACLU calling it “a roadmap for how to replace the rule of law with right-wing ideals,” and attempts to link the project to Trump have become key. A line of attack for Democrats throughout the campaign.
Newsweek has contacted the Heritage Foundation and Roberts’ representatives via email for comment.
A 2025 Draft fan at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 14, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. At least two MAGA supporters supported the idea that Project 2025 is “on the agenda” after the election. A 2025 Draft fan at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 14, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. At least two MAGA supporters supported the idea that Project 2025 is “on the agenda” after the election. AP
