Democratic Washington Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson announced Monday that he will create a subcommittee within his transition team whose sole purpose will be to fight Project 2025.
The transition team expects Project 2025 to be pushed forward by the Trump administration, even though the president-elect sought to distance himself from the controversial proposal during the campaign.
Ferguson's committee is co-chaired by Jennifer Allen, CEO of the Planned Parenthood Alliance advocacy group, and Jorge L. Barron, a King County legislator and former executive director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project. He will serve as the chief. fox 13 Reported.
“We are preparing in case President Trump attacks the core freedoms of Washington residents,” Ferguson said, according to the newspaper. “No matter what happens at the federal level, we will continue to move Washington forward.”
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Governor-elect Bob Ferguson gives a victory speech at the Washington State Democratic Election Night Watch Party held at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, Washington on November 5, 2024. (Getty Images)
Project 2025 is a controversial initiative sponsored by the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation and written by a number of conservatives, including former Trump administration officials.
This initiative includes replacing civil servants with Trump supporters, abolishing the Department of Education, criminalizing pornography, eliminating DEI programs, cutting funding for Medicaid and Medicare, denying abortion as medical treatment, and implementing medical procedures. , proposed right-wing policies for President Trump's second term. Mass deportations and the infusion of Christian values into the government.
During the campaign, President Trump sought to distance himself from the initiative, which has been criticized as an authoritarian, Christian-nationalist plan to undermine civil liberties, saying he knew nothing about it. He said some of it was “absolutely ridiculous and awful.” And that its supporters are “radical rightists.”
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Incoming Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson announced Monday that he is creating a subcommittee within his transition team to fight Project 2025. (Getty Images)
Former Trump administration officials said politiko People associated with Project 2025 will be placed on the government's blacklist ahead of the election.
However, President Trump has selected Project 2025 authors and contributors to serve in his next administration, including Russell Vought as director of the Office of Management and Budget, Tom Homan as “border czar,” and vice president for policy. It includes Stephen Miller as Secretary and Brendan Kerr as Chairman. of the Federal Communications Commission.
“This is a critical time for our country as we look at our communities potentially coming under attack from a variety of directions,” Allen said, according to FOX 13. “I am honored to serve as a member of Governor-elect Ferguson's transition team.” Serve as committee co-chair. ”
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“I am honored to assist Governor-elect Ferguson in his transition to his new role and to serve as co-chair of this important subcommittee,” Barron said, FOX 13 reported.
“As an immigrant and the proud parent of a transgender daughter, the next governor is committed to protecting all Washington state residents, especially the communities whose rights are most at risk of being attacked by the next federal administration. Special thanks to “Baron continued.
According to FOX 13, Ferguson's office announced that a subcommittee will develop policy priorities for his first 100 days in office, but no specific policy proposals have been made public.
