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Rachel Leingang in Chicago

Project 2025: Democrats warn convention extreme plan is no joke

A man who is Kenan Thompson has a comical expression on his face as he cradles a giant prop book that says '2025, Mandate for Leadership
The comedian and actor Kenan Thompson jokes about Project 2025 on stage during the third day of the Democratic national convention in Chicago. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

The Saturday Night Live cast member Kenan Thompson carted out a massive version of the Project 2025 book onto the main stage at the Democratic national convention on Wednesday night. Despite the comedian’s involvement with the prop, which has been used throughout the convention, Democrats want voters to know that the conservative manifesto for a second Trump administration is no joke.

Democrats have sprinkled the words “Project 2025” into speech after speech for months, culminating in the big book’s spot on the big stage – a sign of the toxicity that the mere mention of the project has with voters of multiple political persuasions.

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