Donald Trump's denial of Project 2025 has morphed into a classic example of the "Streisand Effect," finally bringing threats of this dangerous, radical plan to public attention. By lying about his connection to the plan, Trump has generated a rise in reporting and public interest that is making Americans aware of a scheme to turn the federal government into a “fascist’s paradise.”
Trump's denial was spurred by the pushback generated when Kevin Roberts, leader of the Heritage Foundation, which developed Project 2025, threatened to kill the left if they failed to roll over to the authoritarian capture of the government. “We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be,” Roberts said on the far-right news channel America’s Voice.
President Joe Biden’s campaign responded to this threat with a statement that strongly attacked “Donald Trump's revenge, resentment, and retribution.” Then Trump responded by claiming that he knew “nothing about Project 2025.”
