Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan held a town hall with Wisconsin Democrats on Tuesday evening, criticizing Project 2025 and encouraging them to inform voters in the battleground state about the policy agenda linked to former President Donald Trump.
Standing alongside Dr. Kristin Lyerly, the Democratic candidate running to represent Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District, Pocan gave a detailed presentation on the policy blueprint organized by The Heritage Foundation think tank and developed in significant part by people who previously served in Trump’s administration.
The Wisconsin Democrat said he’s gotten pro-Trump pieces of campaign mail at his home in Madison trying to distance the former president from Project 2025, adding that “you don’t do that, right, unless you have that connection.”
Trump has repeatedly denied any affiliation with Project 2025, saying he doesn’t know who is behind it, as Democrats have leaned in heavily to warning voters about the conservative agenda, which would radically reshape the executive branch. A CNN analysis found that at least 140 people, including six cabinet secretaries, who worked in the Trump administration had a hand in Project 2025.
Asked about Trump’s attempts to distance himself from Project 2025, Pocan told reporters: “In places like Wisconsin, we call that a lie.”
“Since they’re trying to lie about it, our job is to make sure we’re telling the truth about it, and whether it be people running for state office telling you the very real impact that you’re going to have at legislative level, or those of us who are trying to make sure we’re representing districts at the federal level, this is real,” he said.
