While former President Donald Trump has attempted to distance himself from Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind the policy plan, is on full display at the Republican National Convention.
The Heritage Foundation signed on to the RNC as a convention sponsor, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The group plans to host a “policy fest” in downtown Milwaukee on Monday, which is the day Trump will become the nominee of the Republican Party, and a following social event at a nearby bar.
When delegates, media, politicians, and visitors land at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, they will be greeted by full ads from the Heritage Foundation.
“The Heritage Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization and not a sponsor of the RNC. Heritage is a sponsor of the Milwaukee 2024 Host Committee, which is also a 501(c)(3) entity. The airport advertisements were secured in May and June, and put up on July 1, to promote The Heritage Foundation’s longstanding reputation of promoting conservative policy,” a spokesperson from the Heritage Foundation told the Washington Examiner.
Trump’s campaign has remained firm that Project 2025 is not part of the former president’s agenda. It has said Trump’s Agenda47 policy priorities and the RNC’s platform are separate from Project 2025.
On Friday, Trump distanced himself from the project after Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said the United States was “in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”
Trump said he does not have anything to do with the mission nor those involved, despite many of his former staff members and his press secretary working on Project 2025.
“I know nothing about Project 2025. I have no idea who is behind it. I disagree with some of the things they’re saying, and some of the things they’re saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal. Anything they do, I wish them luck, but I have nothing to do with them,” Trump said on Truth Social.
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If implemented, Project 2025, in part, looks to expand to give the next Republican president wider control over the executive branch and replace government employees with appointed partisans. Project 2025 said it “does not speak for any candidate or campaign, but it is ultimately up to that president, who we believe will be President Trump, to decide which recommendations to implement.”
Trump’s campaign did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment about the Heritage Foundation’s partnership with the RNC.
