{"id":1048304,"date":"2024-09-25T18:09:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T22:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1048304"},"modified":"2024-09-25T18:09:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T22:09:10","slug":"shot-chaser-jd-vance-is-in-fact-getting-debate-help-from-project-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/shot-chaser-jd-vance-is-in-fact-getting-debate-help-from-project-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"SHOT\/CHASER: JD Vance Is, In Fact, Getting Debate Help\u2026 From Project 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1038290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SHOT: JD Vance claims he doesn\u2019t have to prepare for his upcoming debate with Governor Tim Walz\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/trump-harris-presidential-election-09-25-24#cm1i2r40f00003b6qebgvqo5z\">CNN<\/a>: \u201cVance says he doesn\u2019t have to prepare very much for VP debate and feels confident in Trump&#8217;s policies\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHASER: \u2026 but he is, in fact, getting debate help\u2026 from a Project 2025 contributor.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/post\/186318\/jd-vance-debate-prep-project-2025\">The New Republic<\/a>: <strong>\u201cJ.D. Vance Is Getting Debate Help From a Project 2025 Contributor\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRepublican vice presidential pick J.D. Vance has enlisted key allies,<strong> including a Project 20a25 contributor<\/strong>, in his debate prep sessions ahead of his first face-off against Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on October 1, according to CNN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMonica Crowley, who served as the United States assistant secretary of the Treasury for public affairs in the Trump administration, will assist Vance as a mock moderator this week, according to two unnamed sources that spoke with CNN.<strong> Crowley is listed in the Project 2025 policy book as a contributor.<\/strong> Project 2025 describes contributors as people who \u2018generously volunteered their time and effort to assist the authors in the development and writing of the volume\u2019s 30 chapters.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/2024-election-live-updates_n_66f2e399e4b0d04575631179\/liveblog_66f302c4e4b0d04575631fcf\">HuffPost<\/a>: <strong>\u201cJD Vance Taps Project 2025 Contributor To Help With His VP Debate Prep\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVance will reportedly participate in a mock debate later this week, with House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) playing the role of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and Monica Crowley playing the role of a moderator. <strong>Crowley, who previously served as Trump\u2019s assistant secretary for public affairs at the Treasury Department, is a contributor to Project 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cIn fact, Crowley gets a special shout-out in the Heritage Foundation\u2019s 920-page policy road map<\/strong>, which bills itself as \u2018the conservative movement\u2019s unified effort to be ready for the next conservative Administration to govern at 12:00 noon, January 20, 2025.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2018All contributors to this chapter are listed at the front of this volume, but Monica Crowley, Tom Dans, John Berlau, Austin Bramwell, Preston Brashers, Alexandra Harrison Gaiser, Nathan Hitchen, Adam Korzeniewski, and Jonathan Moy deserve special mention,\u2019 reads an author\u2019s note at the bottom of page 710, which marks the end of a chapter on the Treasury Department.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/project-2025-contributor-monica-crowley-is-on-jd-vances-debate-prep-team\">Daily Beast<\/a>: <strong>\u201cProject 2025 Contributor Is on JD Vance\u2019s Debate Prep Team\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCNN reported Monday that Ohio Senator JD Vance is leaning on Trump-era Treasury Department official Monica Crowley as he prepares for next week\u2019s televised debate against his Democratic opposite on the Democratic ticket, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. <strong>Crowley, who is playing the role of moderator in mock debates, was also listed as one of the contributors who \u2018generously volunteered their time and effort to assist the authors in the development and writing of\u2019 the Project 2025 manifesto<\/strong>, The New Republic noted Tuesday.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHOT: JD Vance claims he doesn\u2019t have to prepare for his upcoming debate with Governor Tim Walz\u2026 CNN: \u201cVance says he doesn\u2019t have to prepare very much for VP debate and feels confident in Trump&#8217;s policies\u201d CHASER: \u2026 but he is, in fact, getting debate help\u2026 from a Project 2025 contributor. 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