Democrats have denounced this in hundreds of ads and billboards, I printed it in a large book format. As an element of the conference, it was mentioned in seemingly every speech and press release.
Now they will campaign against the conservatives. Project Plan 2025written by Republican allies. Donald Trumpto the skies above college football stadiums in key swing states.
Democratic National Committee – Sponsored banners will be flown by small planes Saturday over Michigan Stadium, where the defending national champion Wolverines play Texas, and at home games between Penn State and Wisconsin. A banner scheduled to fly over Georgia’s home game could be affected by weather.
Vice President Kamala Harris Clinton and her allies have spent months warning against Project 2025, betting that the initiative makes Trump look particularly extreme. More than 900 pages of conservative production Heritage FoundationThe plan outlines how Trump might do everything from Tens of thousands of federal employees fired From eliminating government departments to imposing new restrictions on abortion and diversity initiatives.
Trump He refused direct contact. Project 2025 has also endorsed some of its key ideas.
Saturday’s plan is to place democratic messages above stadiums that hold more than 380,000 fans, with tens of thousands of fans around each game.
“J.D. Vance ‘loves’ Ohio State + Project 2025,” reads the message posted at the Michigan stadium, suggesting that Trump’s running mate loves the project as much as his archrival in Michigan.
In Wisconsin, which hosts South Dakota, the message was “Jump Around! Defeat Trump + Project 2025,” a reference to fans who jump hard enough to shake Camp Randall Stadium when House of Pain’s “Jump Around” plays between the third and fourth quarters.
Georgia, which hosts Tennessee Tech, and Bowling Green’s matchup with Penn State, is receiving more general messages urging fans to “defeat Trump and drop Project 2025” — though weather patterns along the route have made it uncertain whether the Georgia flag will fly.
The National Democratic Party’s deputy communications director, Abi Rahman, said that the banners will start flying about four hours before the start of the match and may continue until the end of the matches, depending on the decisions of the air marshals at each location.
These airstrikes come on the heels of Harris and her party introducing the 2025 project multiple times a day, often without warning.
The Democratic National Committee celebrated Labor Day by claiming that Project 2025 would undermine “hard-fought” overtime rules and workers’ rights. It also paid for online ads about the initiative that appeared to users searching for “back to school.” Democrats referenced Project 2025 in seemingly inconsistent places, highlighting Vance’s disapproval at a recent firefighters’ conference or criticizing Trump for attacking his perceived political enemies in online posts.
“We want people to know exactly what Project 2025 is, and what its ties to Trump are,” Rahman said. “Finding creative ways to get the message across is something we always try to do.”
Democratic strategist Brad Bannon warned that Harris’ focus on Project 2025 “cannot overshadow her positive message about the changes she wants to make.”
“She can’t cross the line if it interferes with her ability to build her profile,” he said.
On the other hand, a significant portion of the crowd at Saturday’s game may support Trump. Many college football fans come from more rural, Republican areas, far from the confines of reliably Democratic college towns.
“One of the really interesting things when political candidates try to capitalize on sports is that they put themselves at risk,” said Amy Bass, a professor of sports studies at Manhattanville University in Purchase, New York.
She noted that Trump was surprised by the boos he received while attending Game 5 of the 2019 World Series — though the former president has also made largely successful stops at concerts before the Iowa-Iowa State football game in 2023 and when South Carolina hosted Clemson after last Thanksgiving.
“The crowds of athletes tend to be rowdy, and they have an extra layer of alcohol and big gatherings and all sorts of things before the game, and they didn’t organize that crowd,” Bass said.
But Rahman ignored these concerns.
“They can create as much chaos as they want under some banner, but the message is definitely there, and for a reason,” he said.
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