MAGA World in Chaos as Trump’s Project 2025 Move Sparks Panic

Hafiz Rashid
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After one of the heads of Project 2025, Paul Dans, stepped down on Tuesday, there was an immediate backlash from the right against Trump campaign staff.

The conservative manifesto has drawn a lot of criticism and attacks from Democrats, with Trump even taking issue with some of its extreme policy items, particularly its restrictions on abortion rights. But several right-wing personalities are directing their aim at Trump advisers for pushing out Dans, concerned that the move is a signal Trump is abandoning the project.

Mike Cernovich specifically targeted Chris LaCivita, one of Trump’s campaign managers, in several posts on X (formerly Twitter).

Twitter screenshot Cernovich @Cernovich: Project 2025 people were around in 2016 and 2020. Loyal to the end. In 2021 Chris LaCivita wanted Trump indicted for treason because of J6. That’s why Chris is pushing out Project 2025 staffers. He’s preparing a coup against Trump. Last edited 7:09 PM · Jul 30, 2024 · 629.1K Views
Twitter screenshot Cernovich @Cernovich: Project 2025 people were around in 2016 and 2020. Loyal to the end. In 2021 Chris LaCivita wanted Trump indicted for treason because of J6. That’s why Chris is pushing out Project 2025 staffers. He’s preparing a coup against Trump. Last edited 7:09 PM · Jul 30, 2024 · 629.1K Views
Twitter Screenshot Cernovich @Cernovich: Project 2025 was former Trump staffers who wanted to avoid the 2017 personnel problems. Trump’s campaign is managed by a lifelong Bush loyalist who wanted AG Paxton in prison, and blamed Trump for J6. Jobs are being promised to Never Trump’ers. Had to push aside 2025 10:04 PM · Jul 30, 2024 · 257.1K Views
Twitter Screenshot Cernovich @Cernovich: Project 2025 was former Trump staffers who wanted to avoid the 2017 personnel problems. Trump’s campaign is managed by a lifelong Bush loyalist who wanted AG Paxton in prison, and blamed Trump for J6. Jobs are being promised to Never Trump’ers. Had to push aside 2025 10:04 PM · Jul 30, 2024 · 257.1K Views

Mollie Hemingway, editor in chief of The Federalist, and Chris Lonsdale, a Missouri state representative, also jumped in to attack Trump staff. 

Twitter Screenshot Mollie @MZHemingway: Trumpworld bows down to left-wing media lies, and keeps signaling he doesn’t want his most loyal foot soldiers — who kept with him even when very few others did — or their conservative ideas in his next administration. Interesting.
Twitter Screenshot Mollie @MZHemingway: Trumpworld bows down to left-wing media lies, and keeps signaling he doesn’t want his most loyal foot soldiers — who kept with him even when very few others did — or their conservative ideas in his next administration. Interesting.
Twitter Screenshot Rep. Chris Lonsdale @ChrisLonsdaleKC: Trump’s top 2 advisors gleefully cheering for the demise of a good faith attempt by Heritage to try and resolve the personnel issues that plagued Trump’s first term in office. Heritage and Project 2025 never claimed to speak for the campaign and Chris and Susie know that. Unreal
Twitter Screenshot Rep. Chris Lonsdale @ChrisLonsdaleKC: Trump’s top 2 advisors gleefully cheering for the demise of a good faith attempt by Heritage to try and resolve the personnel issues that plagued Trump’s first term in office. Heritage and Project 2025 never claimed to speak for the campaign and Chris and Susie know that. Unreal

The gleeful email that LaCivita and Trump’s other campaign manager, Susie Wiles, sent out Tuesday celebrating “Project 2025’s demise” appears to have provoked anger from many on the right. They are refusing to believe reports that Trump himself is annoyed that the project has received so much attention, or that he resents the implication that the project is behind his policies and choosing his presidential staff.

None of this can change the fact that Trump and his campaign have extensive ties to Project 2025. Vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance even wrote the foreword to a book by one of its lead architects, Kevin Roberts, who was very happy when Trump chose Vance as his running mate. Meanwhile, all of the infighting over how much influence the project actually has will only make Republicans look weirder.