UDP Condemns Project 2025’s Dystopian Vision for America
July 5, 2024, Salt Lake City - The Utah Democratic Party today condemns Project 2025, a 920-page plan devised by The Heritage Foundation - a MAGA extremist think tank that opposes LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive healthcare, and common sense climate legislation. Project 2025 is meant to be a roadmap for a hypothetical second Trump presidency - and its recommendations, if implemented, would be disastrous for Utah families.
Project 2025 recommends that Trump:
Fire thousands of independent civil servants so they can be replaced by MAGA extremists.
Raise the retirement age and put a cap on Medicare services, threatening the healthcare that millions of retired Americans rely on.
Sign a nationwide abortion ban, and restrict birth control access nationwide.
Dismantle critical agencies that Americans rely on, including the Department of Education.
Put more guns in schools by arming teachers.
Abolish LGBTQ+ Civil Rights protections, effectively making LGBTQ+ Americans second-class citizens.
Two days ago, the Heritage Foundation President said that Project 2025 would usher in a “Second American Revolution,” and said it would only “remain bloodless” if concerned citizens did not oppose his authoritarian plan. President Trump, meanwhile, wrote that he wishes Project 2025 “luck.”
“President Joe Biden is committed to protecting American democracy and defeating Project 2025,” UDP Chair Diane Lewis said. “The only way to stop Trump and his MAGA allies from stripping away our rights is by electing President Biden to a second term.”
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