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Harris/Democrats Fearmongers against Trump's 'Project 2025'
PolitiFact attempts takedown of Trump's stellar agenda as the left throws another hissy fit over Project 2025 at the DemocRAT circus.
Published August 21, 2024 at 5:07am by
Dems' Latest Boogeyman: Project 2025
The left is at it again, folks! This time, they're clutching their pearls over a harmless little document called "Project 2025." It's their new favorite bogeyman, and they want you to believe it's straight out of a Trump-ian nightmare.
Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, brandishing a 900-page tome like it was the Necronomicon, warned the DNC crowd on Night 1: "You are going to hear a lot about what is in this 900-page document... it is the Republican blueprint for a second Trump term!"
Vice President Kamala Harris, never one to miss a chance to virtue signal, has been crying wolf about this so-called "Trump agenda." She's even got her little side-kick, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, spreading the fear.
But here's the deal: Trump himself has said he "knows nothing" about Project 2025. It's a product of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, with input from various right-wing groups. In other words, it's just another liberal conspiracy theory!
Sure, the document includes some common-sense conservative ideas, like tax cuts, disbanding redundant government departments, and giving more power back to the states. But the left is twisting it into their latest scare tactic.
They claim it's a master plan to ban abortion and birth control, gut Social Security and Medicare, and even stop paying workers overtime! Talk about fake news...
Let's be clear: Project 2025 doesn't call for a nationwide abortion ban, though it does recommend some sensible restrictions on those deadly abortion pills. It doesn't want to eliminate Social Security or Medicare, but simply make them more efficient (something the bloated bureaucracy could benefit from). And it doesn't want to stop overtime pay, but rather rejig it to be fairer for businesses and employees.
So, when you hear the left shrieking about Project 2025, remember: it's just another attempt to smear conservatives and scare voters. Don't fall for their desperate fear-mongering! Keep calm, and carry on, my right-wing friends!
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