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Kenan Thompson Critiques Project 2025 at DNC
Democrats are spotlighting Project 2025 – the contentious policy agenda created by the Heritage Foundation – despite attempts by the Trump campaign to distance themselves from these proposals.
On Wednesday, “Saturday Night Live” legend Kenan Thompson took the stage with a massive copy of the agenda, making jabs at the document that has sparked controversy for months.
“You ever see a document that could kill a small animal and democracy at the same time?” Thompson laughed.
Comparing it to a Terms and Conditions page for Trump’s second term in office, Thompson added, “You vote for him, you vote for all of this.”
In a speech with voters appearing on a video chat behind him, Thompson highlighted some of the Democrats’ main objections to the project, including the elimination of protections for same-sex marriages, raising prescription drug costs, abolishing the Department of Education, and resurrecting the Comstock Act to target abortion providers.
“That’s amazing, very, very cute,” Thompson told one voter who mentioned she had been married to her wife for almost a decade. “But, I have got some bad news for you,” he quipped. “On page 584, Project 2025 calls for the elimination of protections for LGBTQ+ Americans. So yeah, right back to the stone age.”
Comedian and actor Kenan Thompson arrives to speak about Project 2025 on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 21, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois.
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Speaking to another voter who relies on insulin to manage their diabetes, Thompson warned her $35 monthly fee would disappear under a Republican administration. “Why? Well, I guess maybe to help big pharma make more money that they can donate to Republican politicians, I assume,” Thompson replied.
The Trump campaign has since tried to distance itself from the conservative policy agenda, labeling some of the points as “ridiculous and abysmal” in a post on Truth Social in July. The campaign even forced Project 2025’s director, Paul Dans, to step down the same month, and Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts delayed publication of a companion book.
But for three consecutive nights, Democrats have showcased the oversized book on stage and criticized Trump for the policies within. Michigan state Senator Mallory McMorrow presented the book on Monday.
“They went ahead and wrote down all the extreme things Donald Trump wants to do in the next four years,” McMorrow said. “And then they just tweeted it out.”
McMorrow told CNN that a new presenter would reveal the copy each night. Pennsylvania state Representative Malcolm Kenyatta displayed the oversized agenda on Tuesday.
The association with Project 2025 has reportedly irked the Trump campaign in the past. Representatives for the Republican campaign did not immediately respond to comment about the repeated mentions of Project 2025.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
Source: The Daily Beast, CNN
