MOUNT PLEASANT, WI — Veteran journalist John Nichols will visit the greater-Racine area this weekend to lead a discussion about Project 2025 and how it could affect the nation if former President Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election.
The event begins at 2 p.m. on Sun., Sept. 8, at J.I. Case High School, 7345 Washington Avenue.
Nichols is the National Affairs correspondent for The Nation and associate editor of The Capital Times. He is originally from the Racine area, has extensively researched Project 2025, and will guide the conversation on its potential implications for both local and national governance.
The event is hosted by the Democratic Party of Racine County.
The event is intended to foster a public, nonpartisan, or bipartisan conversation, according to local Democratic Party Chair Kelly Gallaher.
“It’s worth having a community conversation to bring forward information and get people’s questions answered. This isn’t a philosophical discussion; it’s a serious policy blueprint,” she said.
What is Project 2025?
Project 2025, also known as the 2025 Presidential Transition Project, is a detailed plan to restructure the U.S. federal government, including significant policy shifts and consolidation of executive power under a conservative administration.
The Heritage Foundation developed the plan with input from over 140 individuals, many of whom are Trump’s former advisors and administration members.
Trump claims that he is not directly associated with Project 2025 despite well-known associates being involved such as Stephen Miller, a top former Trump adviser and Russ Vought, former office of management and budget director, who is now the Republican National Committee’s platform policy director.
“I know nothing about Project 2025,” Trump said in a Truth Social post in July. “I have no idea who is behind it.”
Project 2025 calls for dismantling federal agencies, such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Department of Education. It also details the deportation of millions of undocumented workers, which could have significant economic consequences, including in Wisconsin and Racine County.
“The idea of deporting millions of undocumented people on whom our local, state, and national economy depends is both serious and ridiculous at the same time,” Gallaher noted.
Specifically, a majority of Wisconsin’s dairy workers are undocumented, according to a study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Some 70% of workers who milk cows are considered, “unauthorized.”
Everyone is invited to the event
Project 2025 has become a frequent topic of conversation in Racine, Gallaher said.
“When knocking on doors, it’s one of the top two things people want to talk about. People are asking why they want to do these things,” she stated. “And I would love everyone, no matter their party, to attend. The whole point of putting this together is to have a conversation.”
The event is open to the public with reserved seating required and available at EventBrite.
Greetings from Florida as we tr to get battleground voters to see the Republican light. There is no proven connection between Project 2025 except for Democrat operatives to make it so. But we don’t think it’s out of the question to deport thousands of illegally entered people, none vetted for crimes or diseases, and now living off the fat of our land in every state. Many of us believe the Dept of Education is overbearing, pushing radical racial, gender and social imperatives, so yeah. Return control of education back to the states, just like abortion.
Project 2025 is as radical on the right as Maoist philosophy, which Harris and Walz are fond of, on the left. We don’t want extremists ruling our republic. Please demystify Democrat claims that seem flimsy and politically provocative. We’re pulling for ya.