Project 2025 is a ‘Sledgehammer to Democracy’, says Georgia lawmakers

Longtime U.S. Representative Hank Johnson (center), State Senator Sonya Halpern, and State Representative Derrick Jackson held a press conference in Atlanta during the week of the Republican National Convention to highlight the Project 2025 agenda and its dangerous implications for Georgians. Photo by Isaiah Singleton/The Atlanta Voice Longtime U.S. Representative Hank Johnson, State Senator Sonya Halpern, and State Representative Derrick Jackson held a press conference in Atlanta during the week of the Republican National Convention to highlight Donald Trump’s extreme Project 2025 agenda and its dangerous implications for Georgians, from women’s reproductive rights to Social Security and Medicare, and our democracy.& & What is Project 2025 and how does it affect you? Trump’s Project 2025 is a 900-plus page document and a preview of MAGA extremists’ radical wish list and plans for a second Trump term, including enacting a nationwide abortion ban, cutting Social Security and Medicare, raising taxes on the middle class while giving handouts to billionaires, and gutting checks and balances to give Trump unchecked power to pass his extreme agenda.& Trump’s Project 2025 is a 900-plus page document and a preview of MAGA extremists’ radical wish list and plans for a second Trump term, including enacting a...