Elections in Ohio and Virginia demonstrated a shift away from extreme right-wing agendas as a Heritage Foundation’s plan called "Project 2025" faces scrutiny for its authoritarianism and controversial stance on transgender people’s existence.

As the country looks ahead to the 2024 presidential election, a conservative initiative known as Project 2025, which includes transphobic policies, is facing controversy over its overtly anti-LGBTQ+ aspects.

Championed on Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast and closely tied to former President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, the initiative is a stark embodiment of the retribution Trump has promised against his foes who have abandoned the MAGA movement.

At the heart of this project is a lengthy 900-page document, the 17-page forward of which is titled “A Promise to America” by Kevin D. Roberts, president of the right-wing Heritage Foundation, which has drawn scrutiny for its transphobic rhetoric.

Roberts outlines a vision of a nation in crisis. “Today, the American family is in crisis,” he wrote. “Children suffer the toxic normalization of transgenderism with drag queens and pornography invading their school libraries.”

  • jhymesba@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    8 months ago

    I’ve given myself an assignment to read and review the entirety of the “Project 2025” document, and post that review. We need to highlight how dangerous this document is, which means some of us have to take it on the chin and read the damn thing, and extract the text that makes it clear what their goals are. So far, I’ve not seen anything overtly authoritarian, but I’m not even through the Forword section yet. There’s definitely a lot of Transphobic stuff in here, but transphobia is not the only thing. I’ve already called out “push as hard as possible to protect the unborn in every jurisdiction in America.” They’re not just coming for the Transgender people. We’re ALL on the chopping block. Democracy be damned.

      • jhymesba@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        8 months ago

        I would have liked page references so I can read the lines myself and reference them against Righties arguing for this shit, but yes, her video was very useful in understanding what this 900 page document is actually saying.

        • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          8 months ago

          Arguing page and line number against righties is often a waste of time. And exactly the thing they want you to do. Not that people shouldn’t. But personally I would rather read the silmarillian again. More power to you if you can slug through it. 🙂

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
      10·
      8 months ago

      They never stop with their first target. Nobody ever had a story of “and finally they came for X and I was grateful because it turned out I wasn’t on any of their lists”

    • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
      1·
      8 months ago

      Thanks for the effort. Personally, I never listened to any of Trump’s speeches. I leave the work to people with stronger constitutions.