In-depth with Dan Haggerty: Project 2025 vs Trump's agenda
>> AS OUR CHIEF LAW ENFORCER.
>> NOW IT'S TIME FOR MORE FUN
WITH AN FUN THINGS AS WE
CONTINUE TO EXPLORE A DOCUMENT
THAT'S SOME DEMOCRATS
COLORFULLY DESCRIBED AS
TERRIFYING DYSTOPIAN AND THE
END OF DEMOCRACY. PROJECT 2025
IS A 922 PAGE PROPOSAL OF
CONSERVATIVE IDEAS MEANT AS A
GUIDELINE FOR A REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENT. IT WAS DRAFTED BY A
CONSERVATIVE THINK TANK IN DC
CALLED THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
WHICH HAS BEEN DRAFTING THE
SOURCE TO FOR DECADES. THIS
SPECIFIC DRAFT, THOSE GETTING A
LOT OF ATTENTION BECAUSE IT
PROPOSES SOME PRETTY DRAMATIC
CHANGES TO OUR STRUCTURE OF
GOVERNMENT AND WAS WRITTEN BY
DOZENS OF PEOPLE LINKED TO
DONALD TRUMP AND HIS
PRESIDENCY. NOW, TRUMP, I HAVE
TO MENTION DISAVOWS THIS PLAN
THOUGH. HIS CAMPAIGN IS
POINTING US TO TRUMP'S PLAN
INSTEAD COLD AGAIN. DE 47.
NOW WE DID AN ENTIRE SEGMENT ON
THIS ON WEDNESDAY. YOU CAN FIND
THAT ON WRAL DOT COM OR
YOUTUBE. BUT TONIGHT. WE'RE
GOING TO PLAY A LITTLE GAME
OF RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT WITH
THE DEMOCRAT'S ASSERTION THAT
PROJECT 2025 IS IN FACT,
SECRETLY TRUMP'S AGENDA.
WHERE IS THAT CORRECT? AND
WHERE SHOULD WE SLOW DOWN A BIT
AND TAKE A CLOSER LOOK. LET'S
GO IN DEATH.
OK? WE'RE GOING INTO A LOT
HERE. SO SO STAY WITH ME.
ALL RIGHT. WE'VE BEEN GETTING
TONS OF E-MAILS ABOUT THIS.
SO HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
DO IT. WE'RE GOING TO READ
THOSE E-MAILS, ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS. AND WHEN YOU ISSUE
BY ISSUE, ACCORDING TO WHAT WE
SEE IN THE AGENDA IS IF YOU
HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT
SPECIFIC POLICIES SEND THE MUD
AND WRAL DOT COM. IF WE DON'T
TALK ABOUT YOURS TONIGHT, DON'T
WORRY. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
WORKING ON THIS. LET'S START
WITH THE BIGGIE FROM TAMPA WHO
SAYS PLEASE EMPHASIZE WHAT THEY
INTEND FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.
SO THIS IS A GREEN LIGHT
PROJECT 2025 AND A TRUMP GO
HAND IN HAND ON THIS ISSUE.
BOTH CALL FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION TO BE DISBANDED.
IT'S REALLY THAT SIMPLE.
THE NEXT ONE FROM CARLA, SHE
ASKED HOW ABORTION REPRODUCTIVE
RIGHTS BE IMPACTED. SO WE GOT
TO HIT THE BRAKES ON THIS ONE.
WE SHOULD STOP ASSUMING THAT
THE AGENDA IS LINE UP PERFECTLY
ON THIS ISSUE. TRUMP'S PLATFORM
DOES NOT CALL FOR A NATIONWIDE
ABORTION BAN. IT SAYS WE
PROUDLY STAND FOR FAMILIES AND
LIFE. WE WILL OPPOSE LATE TERM
ABORTION PROJECT 2025 DOESN'T
PROPOSE A NATIONWIDE ABORTION
BAN EITHER. BUT IT DOES WANT TO
BAN ON ABORTION PILLS AND CALLS
TO REVERSE APPROVAL OF CHEMICAL
ABORTION DRUGS. NOW SEVERAL
SO ASKED ABOUT A TERM A TERM
FETAL PERSONHOOD, WHICH IS A
LEGAL TERM THAT CONSIDERS
EMBRYOS AND FETUSES TO BE
PEOPLE AND TO HAVE RIGHTS.
BUT THAT TERM NEVER APPEARS IN
EITHER PROJECT 2025 OR AGENDA.
47, HERE IS ANOTHER ONE.
A BIG ONE FROM LUIS HOUSE
IMMIGRATION ADDRESSED. WELL,
GREEN AGAIN ON THIS ONE PROJECT
2025 AND TRUMP BOTH WANT TO
BEEF UP THE BORDER PATROL.
THEY WANT TO FINISH THE BORDER
WALL AND THEY WANT TO DEPORT
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN
THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. PROJECT
2025. GOES A LITTLE BIT MORE
DETAIL. BUT THE OVERARCHING
SENTIMENT IS PRETTY MUCH THE
SAME. PAT HIT 3 BIG TOPICS.
HE ASKED, WILL THERE BE ANY
CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY,
MEDICARE, MEDICAID AND VETERANS
BENEFITS? LET'S SLOW DOWN ON
ALL FACE PROJECT 2025, FOR
INSTANCE, DOESN'T CALL FOR ANY
CUTS OR PROTECTIONS TO SOCIAL
SECURITY. IN FACT, SOCIAL
SECURITY BENEFITS ARE NEVER
REALLY DIRECTLY ADDRESSED IN
THE DOCUMENT. MEANWHILE,
TRUMP'S AGENDA, 47 IS VERY
CLEAR, NO CUTS AND NO CHANGES
TO THE RETIREMENT AGE. WHAT
ABOUT MEDICARE AND MEDICAID
WILL PROJECT 2025. DOESN'T
EXPLICITLY CALL FOR CUTS
EITHER. BUT THIS SECTION ABOUT
MEDICAID IS GETTING A LOT OF
ATTENTION TO AD TARGETED TIME
LIMITS OR LIFETIME CAPS ON
BENEFITS TO DISINCENTIVIZE
PERMANENT DEPENDENCE, WHICH
SEEMS TO MEAN THAT PEOPLE WOULD
BE CUT OFF AT SOME POINT, BUT
THEY DON'T ELABORATE ON WHAT
THOSE LIMITS COULD BE AGENDA.
47 DOESN'T MENTION MEDICAID
ALL BUT VOWS TO PROTECT
MEDICARE, MEANING NO CATCH
THERE WITH BETTER AND BENEFITS.
IT GETS A LITTLE BIT
COMPLICATED, LIKE VERY
COMPLICATED. SO TRAUMA BEST TO
BE CONCISE HERE. PROJECT 2025
CALLS FOR A REASSESSMENT OF
WHO GETS DISABILITY AND HOW
MUCH THEY GET. SO WELL. IT
DOESN'T CALL FOR SPECIFIC CUTS.
IT DOES SAY THAT THE VA IS
HANDING OUT TOO MUCH MONEY
AGENDA. 47, THOUGH, SAYS IT
WILL RESTORE THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION REFORMS TO
EXPAND VETERANS HEALTH CARE
CHOICES. AND DURING TRUMP'S
PRESIDENCY, THE GOVERNMENT
INCREASED SPENDING FOR VETERANS
AFFAIRS BY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
I WANT TO END TONIGHT, THOUGH,
BACK WHERE WE STARTED WITH 10'S
E-MAIL ABOUT EDUCATION BECAUSE
IT DOES SPEAK TO A BIGGER THEME
OF CONCERN FROM DEMOCRATS.
A CONCERN OVER POWER. BOTH
PROJECT 2025 AND PRESIDENT
TRUMP INCLUDES CHANGES THAT
WOULD INCREASE PRESIDENTIAL
AUTHORITY AND LIMIT THE
INDEPENDENCE OF FEDERAL
AGENCIES. REPUBLICANS SEE THIS
AS THE ONLY WAY TO BREAK
THROUGH BUREAUCRACY AND MAKE
SOME NOTICEABLE IMPROVEMENTS.
DEMOCRATS THINK ON THE OTHER
HAND, IT OPENS THE DOOR TO
AUTHORITARIAN IS. IT ALL
HINGES, THOUGH, ON ARTICLE 2
SECTION ONE OF THE CONSTITUTION
THAT SAYS THE EXECUTIVE POWER
SHALL BE VESTED IN THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA. IT IS THE ULTIMATE
BUCK STOPS HERE IN THE BASIS
FOR SOMETHING CALLED THE
UNITARY EXECUTIVE THEORY.
IT'S THE IDEA THAT THE THE PRES
IS THE BOSS OF ANYTHING THAT
FALLS IN THEIR PURVIEW. AND
WHILE THAT PROBABLY SOUNDS
EXTREME TO A LOT OF YOU CALLING
IT UNPRECEDENTED LIKE SO MANY
HAVE MAYBE A BIT OF AN
EXAGGERATION WE'RE MORE LIKE
THE FROG WHOS JUST REALIZING
THAT THE WATER IS BOILING.
HERE'S HOW DUKE UNIVERSITY
POLITICAL SCIENTIST MAC
MCCORKLE PUT IT.
>> I THINK THE FAIR THING TO
SAY IS OVER AND OVER THROUGHOUT
THE 20TH CENTURY, MORE AND MORE
POWER HAS BEEN CONSOLIDATED
IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE THAT. THIS
IS UNPRECEDENTED IN THAT THIS
HAS BEEN INVOLVING SITUATION.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
THAT? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
LET'S GET INTO A DISCUSSION ON
THAT PART NEXT WEEK'S SEND ME
YOUR E-MAILS. GIVE ME YOUR
QUESTIONS AGAIN. IF YOU HAVE
MORE SPECIFIC POLICY QUESTIONS,
LET ME KNOW THOSE TO SOMETHING.
MAYBE WE DIDN'T GET INTO TODAY.
SOMETHING WE DID TALK ABOUT
TODAY. YOU WANT SOME MORE
CLARITY. LET ME KNOW, DAN AT
WRAL DOT COM. TELL ME WHAT'S ON
YOUR MIND.