Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts argued with liberal journalists over what terms he should use to describe illegal immigrants who commit crimes in the United States. Mr. Roberts argued in favor of Donald Trump’s policy of deporting millions of immigrants, but Symone Sanders-Townsend repeatedly questioned the practicalities. “Are you talking about going door-to-door?” she asked.
When former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele began to question the difference between crimes committed by legal and illegal migrants, Sanders-Townsend interjected, saying the phrase “illegal immigrant” was barred and speakers should refer to lawbreakers as “undocumented individuals.” Roberts sarcastically told the host that her stance was “sweet.” He went on to explain to Sanders-Townsend that most of those arriving in the US unlawfully are unattached and unaccompanied males who “are not even making any attempt to be legal.”
Mr. Roberts undertook the interview to discuss the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, a road map it hopes Donald Trump will follow if he returns to the White House. The group’s wish list includes a clean sweep of the civil service, the end of the Education Department, and a series of tax cuts.
Critics have described the Project 2025 policy document as inconsistent, as it simultaneously calls for greater and lesser Presidential powers. For instance, it wants the President to be able to fire civil servants but not to issue mandates on masking or vaccination. Texan Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett called it a “playbook for authoritarianism.”
California Congressman Jared Huffman recently announced Democrat plans to attack Project 2025 and introduced the party’s new Stop Project 2025 Task Force. Huffman called the project a “dystopian plot” aimed at destroying American democracy and eroding the limits of Presidential power.
The Heritage Foundation said the task force was “unserious” and mocked spelling and grammar mistakes in the associated press release. Kevin Roberts said left-wingers and the Biden administration have “weaponized” the state against the people and injected “wokeness” into every aspect of American life.