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Right here: https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-14.pdf https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHA...
by seattle_spring 2y ago
Right here: https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-14.pdf https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHA...
- afavour 2y agoThis is my point, he specifically disavowed Project 2025 while campaigning.
- seattle_spring 2y agoHis words disavowed Project 2025, but his actions very obviously supported it. Reminds me of an apt quote: "I'm not a litigious man... that's why I have lawyers." -- Conrad "Skip" Meinhofer IV
- afavour 2y agoIt feels like we're bending over backwards to minimize a liar lying here. He did not campaign on enacting Project 2025. He literally stood on the stage at rallies and disavowed it. Yeah, he was lying and a lot of us knew it but that doesn't change what he campaigned on. If a politician tells a bold faced lie we shouldn't minimize it by saying "oh but everyone knew what he really meant". He lied to voters.
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- seattle_spring 2y agoPointing out that a liar's true intentions are obvious does not minimize the fact that they lied.
- afavour 2y agoNot obvious to all. I have relatives who get all their “news” from a Facebook feed that’s heavily filtered to confirm their priors. They told me time and time again that Trump had disavowed Project 2025. The obviousness of his lies were not apparent to them. Yes, they should be better informed (believe me, I know) but they’re far from alone. So that’s why it bugs me when I see someone say “he’s doing exactly what he said he’d do!” and the story quickly pivots to “well yes of course he specifically said he wasn’t going to do that but it was obvious he was lying”. A lot of people are living in vastly different information ecosystems, which is why the words coming out of a candidate’s mouth matter.