Project 2025’s new leader Kevin Roberts postpones his own book launch until after the election

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. “In the fights that lay ahead, these ideas are an essential weapon.” A Vance spokesperson has said the forward has nothing to do with Project 2025 and that the senator has no involvement and “plenty of disagreements with what they’re calling for.” The postponement of the book comes the day after Harris tapped Tim Walz, the Minnesota governor, as her running mate, invigorating a campaign that has roused Democrats in the short few weeks since Biden stepped aside. Walz has transformed the political conversation by simply declaring Republicans “weird.” Harris for President spokesperson Sarafina Chitika said, “Trump, Vance and their Project 2025 allies can try and hide the ball from the American people, but voters know where they stand — and that they’re trying desperately to drag us backward.” At the same time, House Democrats who launched a Project 2025 task force are asking Roberts to meet with members of Congress as they more deeply probe the proposal. Rep. Jared Huffman of California and Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts said in a letter this week that it’s “time to stop hiding the ball on what we are concerned could very well be the most radical, extreme, and dangerous parts of Project 2025.” While the Democrats, as the minority in the House have no authority to compel Roberts to come forward, they are using their perch to raise awareness of the project, and particularly its so-called fourth pillar — a 180-day action plan for the next administration that Project 2025 has drafted but not yet released. He said conservatives are “fully committed to focusing our efforts on helping defeat the left at the ballot box.” Project 2025 recently underwent its own shakeup as its director, Paul Dans abruptly exited last week amid the Trump campaign’s efforts to distance itself from the group and its proposals.