Biden campaign tries to use Trump’s second-term blueprint against him as debate looms

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} With just hours to go until President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump meet for their first debate in four years, Biden’s campaign is looking to use the massive amounts of attention being lavished on the rhetorical prizefight to remind voters of Trumpworld’s plan to reshape government in the felonious ex-president’s image should he be returned to the White House next year. The Biden campaign is rolling out a seven-figure paid digital and print-media campaign, which includes homepage takeovers at Buzzfeed, USA Today, CNN, El Tiempo Latino, Telemundo, theGrio, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution to highlight what they describe as “the dangers of electing Trump to a second term.” The president’s campaign is also launching a new website that takes aim at Project 2025, the blueprint for a second Trump term that has been put forth by the right-wing Heritage Foundation think tank. Sarafina Chitika, a Biden campaign spokesperson, said in a statement that Project 2024 “spells out” how Trump would “do everything he can to rip away Americans’ freedoms, undermine our democracy, and amass power for himself while weaponizing the government to get revenge on his opponents” in a second term. Biden campaign senior spokesperson Kevin Munoz said the advertising “show of force” both in Atlanta and across battleground states would serve to emphasize “the two contrasting visions the American people will see on the debate stage tonight.” The president, he said, is “fighting for the American people,” while Trump’s campaign “is focused on benefitting one person only: himself.”