July 31, 2024: The head of Project 2025 is stepping down. What now?

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🗓️ 31 July 2024

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On Tuesday, the Heritage Foundation confirmed that Paul Dans, the director of the contentious 2025 Presidential Transition Project, or Project 2025, is stepping down. However, Dans’ departure does not mean the project is shutting down. National politics correspondent Meridith McGraw chats with Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza about how this shakeup will play out during the final few months until the election. Plus, when to expect Harris' VP announcement, and the rest of the news you need to know today.

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0:00.0	Presented by Wells Fargo.
0:05.5	Good morning, everyone. I'm Playbook co-author, Ryan Lizza. It's Wednesday, July 31st,
0:10.9	and here's what's driving the day. Some breaking news overnight. As tensions increase in the
0:15.1	Middle East, the leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyah, was assassinated in Tehran, according to official Iranian media late last night.
0:24.3	We'll have the latest on that in the newsletter this morning.
0:28.1	And some news on Kamala Harris's search for a running mate this morning.
0:33.5	The vice president will make her decision by Tuesday, Politico is reporting, when she and
0:38.9	whoever her new running mate is will kick off a tour of swing states starting in Philadelphia.
0:46.6	They will hit seven states.
0:48.1	It's worth noting that while the Democratic ticket will travel to Nevada and North Carolina,
0:53.3	those two states are not yet seeing any significant
0:56.3	ad spending by either campaign. So for now, the targeted states in this race are Pennsylvania,
1:02.3	Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Georgia. Harrison, her new running mate, are scheduled to hit
1:07.9	North Carolina and Nevada, but neither side is spending any money there right now.
1:13.2	Finally, today, the spat between Project 2025 and the Trump campaign got a little ugly yesterday.
1:19.0	The Heritage Foundation's controversial attempt to build a policy and personnel apparatus for
1:24.0	an incoming Trump administration lost its leader, and the Trump campaign again distanced
1:30.4	itself from Project 2025.
1:33.0	Here to explain the backstory there and what it means is Politico's national politics correspondent
1:38.7	Meredith McGrath.
1:40.2	Good morning, Meredith.
1:41.7	Hey, Ryan.
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