Trump speaks at Heritage-sponsored event after disavowing Project 2025

Source: Washington Post

Former president Donald Trump headlined an event sponsored by the Heritage Foundation in Washington on Friday, magnifying the struggle he faces in credibly distancing himself from Project 2025, a controversial policy plan the conservative think tank shepherded.

Trump spoke on the first night of the Moms for Liberty annual summit, a three-day event hosted by the conservative parental rights organization that counts Heritage among the 10 key sponsors listed on its website. The engagement was expected to focus, at least in part, on the dismantling of the Education Department, Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich told Fox News.

Trump did not address Project 2025 or the proposal to dismantle the Education Department during the event, instead continuing his pattern of insulting Vice President Kamala Harris and launching familiar criticisms about the U.S. southern border and the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Trump also doubled down on his previous accusation that immigrants are “poisoning” the country, rhetoric that has been denounced by immigrant and civil rights groups.

The Heritage Foundation not only sponsored the summit, but also hosted three strategy sessions on Friday — including one led by Lindsey Burke, the author of the Project 2025 chapter on abolishing the Education Department. A second Heritage session included “Boyhood and the Changing Role of the Man in American Life,” another topic highlighted in Project 2025. Moms for Liberty serves on the advisory board for Project 2025.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/30/trump-moms-for-liberty-heritage-sponsored-project-2025/

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By Abbie Cheeseman
Updated August 31, 2024 at 12:10 a.m. EDT | Published August 30, 2024 at 5:53 p.m. EDT

Was told to move this here, but I’m not sure it qualifies… it was UPDATED with the last 12 hours but was
PUBLISHED just over 12 hours ago…