Democrats are intensifying their efforts to spotlight the conservative Project 2025, a plan backed by allies of Donald Trump, by flying banners over major college football games in key swing states. The banners, part of a broader campaign led by Vice President Kamala Harris, aim to raise awareness of the controversial plan’s potential impact, which includes firing federal workers and rolling back abortion and diversity laws. The campaign seeks to highlight the initiative ahead of the presidential election, with messages targeting Trump’s policies.
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- Democrats launch aerial campaign: Banners pulled by airplanes will fly over college football stadiums in swing states to spotlight the conservative Project 2025 plan backed by Trump allies.
- Targeted states and games: The banners will be flown over games at Michigan, Penn State, Wisconsin, and Georgia, reaching stadiums with a total capacity of over 380,000 people.
- Messages on banners: The banners will reference Project 2025, with messages like “JD Vance ‘hearts’ Ohio State + Project 2025” and “Beat Trump + Project 2025,” linking Trump and his running mate to the controversial plan.
- Focus on Project 2025: Democrats have been heavily emphasizing Project 2025, warning that it would impose drastic changes like firing federal workers, restricting abortion, and eliminating diversity initiatives.
- Trump and Project 2025: While Trump has distanced himself from a direct connection to the project, he has endorsed some of its key ideas.
- Appealing to sports crowds: The DNC sees this as a creative way to engage with large audiences, despite concerns about the potential for backlash from crowds in more Republican-leaning regions.
Democrats take to the skies over College Football Games to spotlight project 2025
Newslooks- WASHINGTON (AP) —
Democrats are intensifying their campaign against the conservative Project 2025 blueprint, an initiative backed by allies of Republican candidate Donald Trump, by taking their message to the skies over major college football games in key swing states this Saturday.
Small airplanes, sponsored by the Democratic National Committee, will tow banners over stadiums in Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, and Pennsylvania. These states are critical to the upcoming election. The move comes as part of a broader effort to highlight Project 2025, a 900-page plan developed by the Heritage Foundation that lays out sweeping changes Trump could implement in a second term, including firing federal workers, abolishing government departments, and tightening abortion and diversity laws.
Vice President Kamala Harris and her allies have been vocal in warning about Project 2025, portraying it as an extreme agenda that would harm Americans. Trump, while rejecting a direct link to the project, has endorsed some of its central ideas.
The banners will appear over games such as Michigan versus Texas and Wisconsin versus South Dakota, with messages like “Beat Trump + Project 2025” aimed at rallying opposition to the plan among football fans. These aerial messages are the latest tactic in the Democrats’ campaign to keep Project 2025 front and center as the election approaches.
