Rep. Jamie Raskin On Project 2025
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🗓️ 13 June 2024
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Summary
House Democrats on Tuesday launched an official task force to take on the far-right agenda Republicans envision under a second Trump presidency. The group of Democrats aims to directly counter the plans outlined in “Project 2025,” a 1,000 page policy blueprint floated by the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation that calls for eliminating federal agencies like the FBI and Justice Department, restricting access to contraception, and concentrating more power in the presidency. Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin is on the task force. He joins us to talk about why a second Trump term could be more destabilizing than the first.
And in headlines: President Joe Biden and other world leaders are convening in Italy for the G7 summit, the Southern Baptist Convention approved a non-binding resolution that condemns the use of in-vitro fertilization, and White House Press Secretary avoided giving a definitive answer on whether Biden will consider commuting his son Hunter’s eventual sentence on federal gun charges.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Thursday, June 13th. |
| 0:02.8 | I'm Josie Duffy Rice. |
| 0:04.0 | And I'm Juanita Toler, and this is, what a day, |
| 0:06.4 | the show where we're devastated to report that Hot Dog Eating Champion Joey Chestnut |
| 0:11.4 | was banned from the famous 4th of July |
| 0:13.4 | Nathan's hot dog eating contest because he signed an endorsement deal with a rival brand. |
| 0:17.4 | Yeah a vegan brand at that. Mr. Chestnut has eaten over 1,000 hot dogs in the contest in the almost 20 years he's |
| 0:25.1 | been competing. Our hope is that he has a good cardiologist on retainer. On today's |
| 0:31.6 | show the leaders from the world's wealthiest democracies head to Italy for the G7 summit |
| 0:35.8 | plus the Southern Baptist Convention votes on issues that affect women in the church. |
| 0:40.3 | But first House Democrats on Tuesday launched an official task force to take on the threat of a second Trump term and Project 2025. |
| 0:49.0 | The 1000-page playbook of right-wing policy proposals developed by the |
| 0:53.3 | conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation. Democrats are |
| 0:56.9 | coordinating their efforts with progressive organizations and their goal is to |
| 1:00.7 | educate voters about the extremist policies that Trump and Republicans want to enact. |
| 1:05.0 | So we've heard Trump's threats in his campaign rants. |
| 1:09.0 | This is now his third campaign for president. |
| 1:12.0 | What else can you tell us about Project 2025? |
| 1:14.0 | Well, let me put it like this. |
| 1:15.2 | The four conservative promises of the project are, quote, |
| 1:19.4 | restore the family as the centerpiece of American life |
| 1:22.1 | and protect our children. |
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