U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey speaks at a press conference in Milwaukee for the Biden/Harris Campaign during the Republican National Convention on July 16, 2024. PC: Fox 11 Online
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — What is the vision for a second Trump presidency?
That is what the Republican National Convention is supposed to help lay out, but Democrats contend the real plan is a document the former President has said he has nothing to do with.
On the Fiserv Forum floor is where Republican delegates passed their party platform on Monday. However, the morning after, Democrats maintained in their first press conference in Milwaukee of the convention that Project 2025 is a more accurate road map Republicans would like to take with four more years of Donald Trump.
“They’ve tried to distance themselves from Project 2025, but at the end of the day, a number of his staff, cabinet officials and people closest to him have been involved in that. It’s a plan that has been written for him,” said Quentin Fulks, principle deputy campaign manager for the Biden campaign.
Project 2025 is labeled as a Presidential Transition Project. It comes from the right-wing Heritage Foundation and calls for things like eliminating the Department of Education, making it illegal to mail abortion pills over state lines, and cracking down on diversity boosting initiatives in workplaces.
“This is just as we’ve seen, another tactic the Democrat Party and liberal mainstream media use to push something that isn’t true,” said Caroline Sunshine, deputy communications director for the Trump campaign. “President Trump was just intricately involved in crafting the RNC’s party platform.”
“I don’t care about what text they put on paper,” said Fulks. “I care about the actions of the people.”
The Republican Party platform’s top priority is securing the border. It also changes from previous party platforms that called for a federal ban on abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Instead, it states abortion should be left up to states.
“I think what we’re seeing is we’re listening,” said Eric Toney, the district attorney for Fond du Lac County who ran two years ago for Wisconsin Attorney General and is a 2024 RNC delegate. “People are listening to Wisconsinites. Right now in Wisconsin, the law as it currently stands is we’re back to the 20 week abortion deadline. If we’re going to see any changes to that, Wisconsinites need to have a voice and they need to be the ones to vote on that.”
Toney was asked if he sees any movement on abortion coming in Wisconsin.
“We see a lot of discussion on it, but it’s not the primary focus for Republicans, even though some on the left – the leadership wants to make that the issue, we’re concerned about the economy, we’re concerned about the open borders,” said Toney.
The vision J.D. Vance has for America will be laid out when he takes the convention stage Wednesday night.
Former President Trump’s address is the convention finale on Thursday.
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