Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) criticized Project 2025 in a recent op-ed, calling the policy priorities outlined in the conservative agenda “absurd and dangerous.”
Hogan, in the article published Friday by The Washington Postargued that “traditional American values” are threatened on both sides of the aisle.
“On the left, the refusal of some to stand up to clearly radicals like anti-Semitic and pro-Hamas protesters, supporters of defunding the police, and the open borders movement has caused substantial harm,” Hogan wrote. “Yet on the right, there is no clearer example of the threat to American values than Project 2025.”
The 900-era political agenda, led by the conservative Heritage Foundation, is gaining traction as the unofficial presidential transition project. It is divided into sections based on five main topics — “Taking the Reins of Government,” “The Common Defense,” “The General Welfare,” “The Economy,” and “Independent Regulatory Agencies.”
Project 2025 has gained support from more than 100 other right-wing and conservative organizations that critics say could form a second Trump administration if he is re-elected in November.
Trump, however, called attempts to link him to the document “pure disinformation” and stated he had “nothing to do” with it.
Hogan said calling the plan’s ideas radical would be “a disservice,” even as Republicans downplay the plan’s influence.
“In fact, Project 2025 takes many of the principles that made this nation great and destroys them,” he wrote in the op-ed.
Hogan, who is running for the Senate seat vacated by retiring Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), noted that one of the plan’s main goals targets federal workers and could affect more than 150,000 Maryland residents.
“The goal is to remove nonpartisan public servants, most of whom do their jobs patriotically without fanfare or political agendas, and replace them with people loyal to the president,” Hogan said. “Republicans who believe this power grab will benefit them in the short term will ultimately regret giving power to a Democratic president with this level of control.”
The former governor, whose father was an FBI agent, also highlighted an aspect of the plan that he said would weaken the Justice Department’s independence from the president. Impartial justice should not be abandoned by choice and design, Hogan argued.
Of the plan’s “absurd and dangerous” policies, Hogan highlighted that the Department of Education and Federal Reserve could potentially be dissolved, as well as mass deportations.
“This radical approach is out of reach for the American people,” Hogan said. “Most Americans – regardless of party affiliation – have more in common than many realize.”
“They want common-sense solutions to address the cost of living, make our communities safer and secure the border, while repairing the broken immigration system,” he continued. “Instead of addressing these problems, Project 2025 opts for all-out war against the other side, making it impossible to find common ground.”
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