“The Left is in a frenzy because, for the first time, more than 110 conservative organizations are uniting to provide personnel and policy solutions that prioritize the American people’s best interests. Unlike the Left, we embrace transparency and welcome public engagement: Our policy recommendations are publicly available on our website." The Heritage Foundation posted that statement in June.
The Heritage Foundation (THF), one of the most respected ones in the conservative movement, exists to to formulate and promote public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense. Founded in 1973, they work as a conservative think-tank, who heavily influenced the Reagan era of conservatism.
Heritage historically has formulated a plan of action for conservatives in critical times. For years, The Heritage Foundation has compiled and released a book prior to Presidential elections.
"First published in January 1981, Mandate for Leadership served as a conservative plan of action for the Reagan Administration. By the end of Reagan’s first year, he had implemented nearly half of its ideas. This first edition of Mandate for Leadership appeared on the Washington Post’s paperback bestseller list, and the Post called it ‘an action plan for turning the government toward the right as fast as possible.’
The 2016 edition of Mandate for Leadership earned significant attention
from the Trump Administration."
It's a sort of manifesto for the conservative movement. They assemble several hundred conservative scholars, thinkers, and practitioners and they make proposals for how the conservative movement should move forward. Obviously, the hope is that they can influence the next President and his or her cabinet in making decisions.
THF does this project independently of any Presidential nominee. It is is not way binding on anything.
In 2023, THF released their next project, called Project 2025. On Heritage's main page about the project, Spencer Chretien, Associate Director of the 2025 Presidential Transition Project, writes,
“With the
Biden administration half over and with the immediate dangers inherent to
one-party rule in Washington behind us for now, it’s past time to lay the
groundwork for a White House more friendly to the right. For decades, as the
left has continued its march through America’s institutions, conservatives have
been outgunned and outmatched when it comes to the art of government.
One reason
is because the Republican establishment never moved on from the 1980s. Beltway
conservatives still prioritize supply-side economics and a bellicose foreign
policy above all else. Belief in small government, strangely enough, has
manifested itself in a belief among some conservatives that we should lead by
example and not fill all political appointments. Belief in the primacy of the
national security state has caused conservative administrations to defer
political decisions to the generals and the intelligence community.
The result has been decades of disappointment.”
Foaming at the Mouth
Project 2025 is a well-constructed attempt at building now for a conservative victory through policy, personnel, and training.
The response from the Left has been somewhat like a rabid, hungry dog who knows he is cornered and out of luck. As usual, they have resorted to misinformation, libeling, and trying to stir people up emotionally.
The Left is enjoying the fruit of a several-decades long vision of radically changing our culture and politics. Communist-leaning thinkers were strategizing decades ago about how to influence our Ivy League schools, our New York businesses, and our Hollywood entertainment industry. Conservatives have sometimes tended to be short-sighted in only thinking about the next election. In recent years, however, in part due to good thinkers, as represented by The Heritage Foundation, conservatives are beginning to think more strategically. As Ben Shapiro has said, we need to have a forty-year plan of how to influence our country.
That is exactly what Project 2025 attempts to do. And that is exactly why the Left is foaming at the mouth about it. With Donald Trump accelerating, the Left and the Deep State are deeply afraid their plans may come undone. And so they do what they do best: deceive, manipulate, gaslight, libel, and create diversions.
Here are a few articles worth reading about Project 2025 and the Left's response:
Why Is Everyone Talking About Project 2025 - The Heritage Foundation
Project 2025: Fact-checking Democrats’ misleading and overly dramatic claims - Sarah Bedford
FACTCHECK: Does Project 2025 ‘Terminate the Constitution’? - Tyler O'Neil
Top 5 Things the Left Gets Wrong About Project 2025 - Evan Maguire
The Promises of "Project 2025" - Cal Thomas
Project 2025 Responds to House Democrats’ Unserious and Misleading Task Force - The Heritage Foundation
Project 2025 Reaches 100 Coalition Partners - The Heritage Foundation
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