{"id":2374001,"date":"2024-11-27T15:09:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T20:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-2025-back-in-play-trump-team-using-demonized-report-to-identify-potential-admin-hires-report\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T15:11:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T20:11:03","slug":"project-2025-back-in-play-trump-team-using-demonized-report-to-identify-potential-admin-hires-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-2025-back-in-play-trump-team-using-demonized-report-to-identify-potential-admin-hires-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 2025 Back in Play? Trump Team Using Demonized Report to Identify Potential Admin Hires: Report"},"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\">32<\/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-2025-back-in-play-trump-team-using-demonized-report-to-identify-potential-admin-hires-report%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=2374001&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>The article discusses the Trump transition\u200b team&#8217;s use of \u2062the Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Project 2025 database to find qualified individuals for over 4,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-happens-now-that-trump-is-president-elect-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"What happens now that Trump is president-elect - Washington Examiner\">000 political appointee positions<\/a> in the incoming administration.\u200b Project 2025 is a conservative\u2062 initiative\u200c that has compiled\u2063 a database of potential candidates that could help fill these roles. While Trump transition co-chair Howard Lutnick has expressed skepticism about using the database, he \u2064acknowledges having read the associated\u200d plan. \u200d <\/p>\n<p>Democrats, including Vice President\u200b Kamala Harris, have \u200dattempted\u200c to link Trump to the policy proposals outlined in\u2064 Project 2025, \u2062particularly those\u200d related \u200dto abortion. The \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">proposals involve stricter tracking<\/a> of abortions and reapproval processes for abortion drugs. Despite this, Trump has previously distanced himself from Project 2025, stating he\u200d had never\u2064 read\u2062 it and did not\u2062 want to. Nonetheless, some authors of Project \u20642025 have already\u2064 been named to key positions in \u200bTrump&#8217;s administration, indicating a complex\u2063 relationship between Trump and the project.\u2062 Project\u2064 2025 presents a comprehensive set of policy recommendations for various federal departments.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Trump transition team is reportedly drawing from a list of people vetted by the Heritage Foundation&rsquo;s Project 2025 to help staff the incoming administration.<\/p>\n<p>The conservative think tank has put together a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.project2025.org\/personnel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">database<\/a> of thousands of potential candidates from which to draw.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Individuals helping to fill out the personnel teams for the Trump transition operation have sought and used information from the Project 2025 database because of the enormity of the task of filling out the more than 4,000 political appointee jobs that will become vacant in 2025,&rdquo; a source told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-team-turns-project-2025-disavowing-effort-campaign-rcna180689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, a person who worked on <a href=\"https:\/\/static.project2025.org\/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project 2025<\/a> informed the news outlet, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a lot of positions to fill and we continue to send names over, including ones from the database as they are conservative, qualified and vetted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hard to find 4,000 solid people, so we are happy to help,&rdquo; the person added.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Trump transition co-chair Howard Lutnick told CNBC in September regarding Project 2025, &ldquo;I won&rsquo;t take a list from them. I won&rsquo;t take a topic from them. I won&rsquo;t touch them. They made themselves nuclear.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, he noted that he had read the plan.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JpculCURb5Q?si=znSEFg9oNMtk1Iuk&amp;start=680\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Democrats, including Vice President Kamala Harris, sought to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dnc-prepares-convention-defacing-trump-tower-chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tie Trump directly<\/a> with all the hundreds of pages of policy proposals found in Project 2025, particularly those <a href=\"https:\/\/static.project2025.org\/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regarding abortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Project 2025 called for better tracking of abortions across the country and requiring chemical abortion drugs to go through a reapproval process by the Food and Drug Administration among other proposals.<\/p>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump took a more federal government hands-off view regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-stance-abortion-follows-example-lincoln-set-abolition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion<\/a> during the campaign, saying the matter should be left with the states.<\/p>\n<p>At multiple points in the months leading up to Election Day, Trump disavowed Project 2025 overall.<\/p>\n<p>In early November, he said, &ldquo;Project 2025. I&rsquo;ve never read it, and I don&rsquo;t want to read it, because that way I can be honest with you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Some people got together. I assume they&rsquo;re extremely conservative, and that&rsquo;s OK. And they came up with a plan,&rdquo; Trump added, acknowledging that some of the document&rsquo;s authors had previously worked for him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;PROJECT 2025, I&rsquo;VE NEVER READ IT, AND I DON&rsquo;T WANT TO READ IT!&rdquo; &ndash; President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?\">@RealDonaldTrump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RbnuWLNbBy\">pic.twitter.com\/RbnuWLNbBy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Real America&rsquo;s Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealAmVoice\/status\/1852887071222022502?\">November 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump, in fact, has already named some of the authors of Project 2025 to his new administration, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-appointees-take-legal-action-biden-administration-unprecedented-decision-oust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russell Vought<\/a>, his former and incoming director of the Office of Management and Budget. Vought wrote the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.project2025.org\/policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chapter<\/a> on the Executive Office of the President for Project 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The president-elect has also nominated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fcc-commish-kamalas-snl-appearance-specially-designed-evade-federal-regulations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brendan Carr<\/a>, who wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/static.project2025.org\/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-28.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chapter<\/a> on the Federal Communications Commission, to be the chairman of the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Project 2025 is 30 chapters long filled with policy recommendations for all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-judge-grants-gop-lawmaker-standing-to-sue-biden-administration-over-unrwa-funding-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Texas judge grants GOP lawmaker standing to sue Biden administration over UNRWA funding - Washington Examiner\">federal government&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s major departments and agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Other <a href=\"https:\/\/static.project2025.org\/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contributors<\/a> to the document include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tom-homan-puts-democrats-notice-warns-not-cross-line-trump-team-plans-deal-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Homan<\/a>, Trump&rsquo;s incoming border czar, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/warrior-truth-trump-chosen-next-cia-director-crediting-pick-exposing-russian-collusion-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Ratcliffe<\/a>, the CIA director nominee.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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This conservative think tank has compiled a database containing thousands of potential candidates. A source informed NBC News that those involved in assembling personnel for the Trump transition are relying on information from this database due to the significant challenge of filling over 4,000 political appointee positions that will be available in 2025. Additionally, someone associated with Project 2025 mentioned that they continue to provide names from their database, emphasizing that these candidates are conservative, qualified, and vetted. 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