{"id":2339400,"date":"2024-09-10T20:05:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T00:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-2025s-kevin-roberts-urges-trump-to-target-administrative-state-in-tucker-carlson-interview-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-10T20:08:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T00:08:58","slug":"project-2025s-kevin-roberts-urges-trump-to-target-administrative-state-in-tucker-carlson-interview-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-2025s-kevin-roberts-urges-trump-to-target-administrative-state-in-tucker-carlson-interview-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 2025\u2019s Kevin Roberts urges Trump to target \u2018administrative state\u2019 in Tucker Carlson interview &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fproject-2025s-kevin-roberts-urges-trump-to-target-administrative-state-in-tucker-carlson-interview-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2339400&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent interview with Tucker Carlson, Kevin Roberts, President of the\u200c Heritage Foundation and the architect of Project 2025, urged Donald Trump to address \u200bthe growing\u200d &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-governor-after-censure-vote-state-party-should-focus-on-winning-races\/\" title=\"Arizona Governor After Censure Vote: State Party Should \u2018Focus On Winning Races\u2019\">administrative state<\/a>&#8221; if he wins the presidency. Roberts criticized both Democrats and Republicans for \u200ctheir roles in\u200d the expansion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-dark-money-network-is-behind-grassroots-support-for-dem-climate-bill\/\" title=\"Liberal Dark Money Network Is Behind \u2018Grassroots\u2019 Support for Dem Climate Bill\">federal government power<\/a>. He \u200cemphasized the need\u200d for a \u200dTrump administration\u200d to correct what he \u2062sees\u200c as \u2062abuses\u200d and \u200boverreach\u200b by \u200cthis administrative entity, referring to recent indictments against Trump as indicative of potential government overreach affecting all citizens. He proposed that reducing the number of federal employees should be a priority, highlighting that approximately 3 million people work for the federal government and over 24 million in total across various governmental levels.\u2062 Roberts warns against the risk of an &#8220;intellectual \u200dtotalitarian state&#8221; and calls for significant government reforms.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Project 2025&rsquo;s Kevin Roberts urges Trump to target &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-death-of-the-administrative-state-is-just-beginning\/\" title=\"The Decline of the Administrative State is Just Starting\">administrative state&#038;rsquo<\/a>; in Tucker Carlson interview<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1696084\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The mastermind behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3101296\/fear-over-project-2025-created-out-of-thin-air-editor-argues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Project 2025\">Project 2025<\/a> urged GOP presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Project 2025\">Donald Trump<\/a> to target the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-death-of-the-administrative-state-is-just-beginning-2\/\" title=\"The Death Of The Administrative State Is Just Beginning\">administrative state&#038;rdquo<\/a>; in a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tucker-carlson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tucker Carlson\">Tucker Carlson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts touched on what he said he believes is the threat from the federal government in the interview, a preview of which was exclusively given to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. Roberts placed the blame on both Democrats and Republicans for what he called the &ldquo;administrative state&rsquo;s&rdquo; rapid growth.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"LdV44rANTLw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tucker Carlson Live with Kevin Roberts: Saving America from the D.C. Elites\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LdV44rANTLw?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The third thing that we would encourage any policymaker to do is &mdash; and I think that we can say this will be a policy priority of a Trump-Vance administration &mdash; is that when they get to Washington, D.C., they correct the abuses and overreach of the American administrative state,&rdquo; Roberts said.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed to the indictments against Trump as a wake-up call for many people.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If a government, an administrative state &hellip; can abuse its power and persecute and prosecute a former president, that can and does happen to any of us, pro-life, grandmothers, my friend Mark Howell, those of us who, just as you said, are trying to bring order to chaos, we live on the cusp of this great republic being an intellectual totalitarian state,&rdquo; Roberts argued.<\/p>\n<p>One priority of the Trump administration, he said, must be to cut down on the number of government employees.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And the real weapon of power there is the administrative state. So, from the Department of Justice, across the department, we need to reduce the number of federal employees. There are nearly 3 million employees in the federal government. There are, hold on to your seats, 24 million Americans who work for federal, state, or local government,&rdquo; Roberts added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nothing against them as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-expected-to-discuss-campaigns-future-with-family-during-camp-david-trip-report-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Biden expected to discuss campaign\u2019s future with family during Camp David trip: Report - Washington Examiner\">people &#038;mdash<\/a>; it might be some of you in this room. The point is that since the late 1970s, that number has doubled, and it tells you what the problem is, which is that as Congress has abrogated its power to oversee the administrative state, the administrative state has grown,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;At whose expense? Yours, mine, and that of everyone in this room, and so we have to understand that&rsquo;s what the battle in D.C. is about.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In the discussion, Roberts defended Project 2025 and said it has been mischaracterized by its critics: &ldquo;I guess I should say I&rsquo;m Kevin Roberts with Project 2025, and I&rsquo;m here to help.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Carlson appeared to be in agreement throughout the interview, frequently laughing and nodding his head.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Project 2025 head didn&rsquo;t focus all his criticism on Democrats, arguing that some Republicans were just as culpable.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I&rsquo;m sorry to report to you that it isn&rsquo;t just progressive Democrats in the radical Left and the Biden Harris regime that we have to fight on this,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It is the elite establishment that includes some D.C. Republicans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1696084\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1696084\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent interview with Tucker Carlson, Kevin Roberts, the leader of Project 2025, encouraged GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump to focus on the &#8220;administrative state.&#8221; During the discussion, which was previewed exclusively for the Washington Examiner, Roberts expressed his concerns about what he perceives as a threat from the federal government. He criticized both Democrats and Republicans for contributing to the rapid expansion of this administrative state.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts stated that one key action for any policymaker should be to address and rectify the abuses and overreach of this administrative body once they arrive in Washington, D.C. He highlighted Trump&#8217;s indictments as a significant warning sign for citizens. According to Roberts, if an administrative state can misuse its power against a former president, it poses risks to everyone else\u2014such as pro-life advocates and ordinary citizens striving for order amid chaos\u2014potentially leading towards an intellectual totalitarianism.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that reducing the number of federal employees should be a priority for Trump&#8217;s administration. With nearly 3 million federal workers and around 24 million Americans employed by various levels of government combined since the late 1970s\u2014a figure that has doubled\u2014Roberts argued that Congress&#8217;s failure to oversee this growth has resulted in increased burdens on everyday citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Defending Project 2025 against critics who misrepresent its goals, Roberts asserted his commitment: \u201cI\u2019m here to help.\u201d Throughout their conversation, Carlson appeared supportive and engaged. Additionally, Roberts pointed out that not only progressive Democrats but also some establishment Republicans are part of the problem they face in addressing these issues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2339401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kevin-Roberts.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33120,36849,33997,3634,33488],"class_list":["post-2339400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-administrative-state","tag-kevin-roberts","tag-project-2025","tag-trump","tag-tucker-carlson"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kevin-Roberts.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2339400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2339401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2339400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2339400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2339400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}