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At Least 5 People Associated with Project 2025 Tapped to Serve in the Trump Administration [1]
['Emily Hoyle']
Date: 2024-11-19 20:59:59+00:00
Before the election, the Trump campaign worked to distance themselves from Project 2025. However, now that the ballots have been cast, the President-Elect is nominating people affiliated with Project 2025, along with vetting its architect Russ Vought, for positions in his administration. So far this includes:
AFL dropped its public backing of Project 2025 in July 2024, after over two years supporting the extreme venture, amidst public backlash to the radical plans and Trump’s bad faith attempts to distance himself from the Project.
Tom Homan, appointed to be border czar , is a Project 2025 contributor and was the acting director of ICE during Trump’s first term, until he resigned when the Senate refused to confirm him.
John Ratcliffe, nominated to be the Director of the CIA , is a contributor to Project 2025 and served a brief stint as the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) at the end of Trump’s first term. Ratcliffe’s time as DNI was characterized by efforts to stir up distrust and misinformation about the then-upcoming 2020 presidential election.
Brendan Carr, appointed to be Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman , authored Project 2025’s plans for the FCC. His policy recommendations align with conservative talking points about the censoring of conservatives by social media platforms. His involvement has been criticized by members of Congress as a potential violation of the Hatch Act and other ethics rules.
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