by Mike Allen at Axios
The Biden-Harris campaign plans to try to usurp “Project 2025” — the name of a well-funded Heritage Foundation effort to prepare for a second Trump administration — to brand warnings about the former president’s policies.
Why it matters: President Biden’s campaign tells me “Project 2025” resonates on social media, and in conversations with voters, as shorthand for what former President Trump would do if he won in November.
- So the Biden campaign’s rapid-response architects are going to start using the term themselves.
Catch me up: You’ll remember Project 2025 from a “Behind the Curtain” columns that Jim VandeHei and I wrote last year about efforts to pre-screen potential appointees if Trump wins, and to lay out potential policies.
The Trump campaign’s formal policy plans are branded “Agenda47.” The campaign has emphasized that outside efforts to influence a potential transition, including the Heritage project, are unofficial…
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