How Project 2025's Rightward Vision Became a Flashpoint in This Year's Election

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : But it wasn't until Biden's dismal debate performance with Trump in June that Project 2025 had its viral moment.
42% : "Trump at the time was rolling out his own policy platform ahead of the Republican National Convention, drafted partly by one of his former administration officials, the conservative leader Russ Vought, who also contributed to Project 2025 and its 180-day playbook.
41% : Other conservative groups with close ties to Trump are also preparing for a second term in the White House.
34% : Even though the former president's campaign has vigorously distanced itself from Project 2025 -- Trump himself declared he knows "nothing" about it -- the sweeping Heritage Foundation's proposal to gut the federal workforce and dismantle federal agencies aligns closely with his vision.
32% : "I know nothing about Project 2025," Trump posted on his own social media account.
23% : One of the core proposals would make it easier to staff the government with Trump loyalists by reclassifying some 50,000 workers into jobs where they can be fired -- a revival of the so-called Schedule F policy that Trump tried to put in place before leaving office.
22% : "Trump spoke up forcefully against Project 2025 days later.

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