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Mark Pocan: “There's no question there's a connection to Donald Trump and…”

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Published September 3, 2024 | Video Starts at 14:55

And we just found out recently on a former plan that was put up by the Heritage Foundation. JD Vance had supported that as well. So There's no question there's a connection to Donald Trump and JD Vance and [Project 2025]. project 2025. And since they're trying to lie about it, our job is to make sure we're telling the truth about it. (14:55–15:00)

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Mark Pocan

“This is 920 pages of things that are going to affect every single family in Wisconsin.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 10:29-10:37
“This is a roadmap for Republicans, predominantly written by the Trump administration, about 140 Trump officials.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 10:45-10:54
“It would make you go into a privatized Medicare plan.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 11:24-11:28
“140 Trump administration officials and former appointees have written parts of [Project 2025].”
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“Six of [Trump's] cabinet secretaries have written part of [Project 2025].”
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“Ambassadors that [Trump] appointed have written parts of [Project 2025].”
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“Some of the regulatory agency appointments [Trump] made have written parts of [Project 2025].”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 14:30-14:33
“Last year, we passed 27 [bills], the fewest since the depression.”
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“50,000 civil servants would get fired so they could put political appointments in, which is unheard of.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 20:34-20:42
“There can be no public employee unions anymore.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 20:56-20:59
“Heritage foundation supports and what republican members of Congress have put into appropriation bills go directly after things like…”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 22:28-22:44
“Project 2025 stresses that it's a concrete policy initiative that tried, it was initiated in the eighties to run against the vague…”
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“It takes a real rightward shift on religious extremism. And you're seeing a lot of that in project 2025.”
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“We're not going to get the farm bill done, which is due September 30.”
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“We're not going to get the twelve appropriation bills done our fiscal year end September 30.”
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“The authors of [Project 2025] have referred to this as a second American revolution.”
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“The actual book has been completely removed and you cannot find it.”
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“This has threats to our democracy, reproductive freedoms, labor protections, public education, LGBTQ I plus rights, the economy, the…”
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“A hundred other ultra conservative organizations have coordinated with Trump and his former cabinet secretaries, advisors, and staff.”
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“CNN has done analysis and they have the ones who found 140 people who work for him are involved.”
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“Six of his former cabinet secretaries and at least 140 administration alumni have written this.”
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“Four individuals that Trump nominated as ambassadors were also involved.”
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“Several enforcers of his controversial immigration crackdown, including former White House speech writer Stephen Miller, [were involved].”
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“Dozens more who staffed Trump's government positions hold positions with conservative groups advising Project 2025.”
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“These groups also include several lawyers deeply involved in Trump's attempts to remain in power after the election.”
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“Project 2025 was published by the Heritage foundation, which is run by Kevin Roberts.”
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“In 2022, Trump and Kevin Roberts took a private flight together to a heritage conference.”
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“It would push the 33 million people enrolled in Medicare towards privatized Medicare advantage.”
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“It removes civil rights protections, including cutting diversity programs and LGBTQI plus rights.”
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“It will lower taxes for the wealthiest Americans and corporations.”
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“The Trump tax cuts cost our national debt $5 trillion, and 83% of those benefits went to the top 1%.”
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“Fires tens of thousands of nonpartisan career civil servants.”
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“It weaponizes government by installing Trump loyalists in this partisan takeover of agencies like the FBI, DOJ, the Federal Election…”
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“It meddles with national security by politicizing security clearances.”
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“It allows for more dark money in our elections.”
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“It goes after overtime pay and protections.”
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“It wants to weaken child labor law protections for kids who work in meatpacking facilities and mines.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 41:47-41:55
“It would exempt some businesses from OSHA requirements completely.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 41:55-42:00
“It actually would do what Scott Walker did by banning public employee unions. It would do that federally.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 42:04-42:11
“It would allow states to ban unions so they could go after that.”
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“It would grant employers the ability to retaliate against union organizers, which is illegal under current federal law.”
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“It repeals requirements for federally funded projects to have project labor agreements and pay the prevailing wage in the region.”
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“Millions of claims are denied every single year [under Medicare Advantage].”
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“It refuses to allow Medicare to negotiate the cost of prescription drugs, keeping the cost of life-saving medication high.”
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“We pay sometimes 20 times more than Canada or Europe for the exact same drugs.”
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“It would push to privatize Medicare and move seniors to private health insurance plans.”
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“It criminalizes abortion and bans abortion pills.”
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“It allows state bans on medically necessary abortions.”
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“It directs the CDC to surveil pregnancies.”
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“It allows employers to refuse to cover birth control on religious and moral grounds.”
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“They want to dismantle the EPA, the Environmental Protection Agency.”
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“They roll back our air and water protections for communities.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 46:23-46:28
“It recommends abolishing the Department of Education.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 46:52-46:57
“It wants to cut federal loan programs that help students afford higher education.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 47:24-47:29
“It eliminates terminates Head Start.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 47:56-47:59
“It enables mass family separation and requires indefinite detention of immigrants.”
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“It requires the useless and wasteful wall to be built using taxpayer dollars.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 48:24-48:31
“It terminates legal status for 500,000 dreamers.”
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“President Biden and Kamala Harris tried to address [border issues] with a bipartisan bill with Republicans and Democrats supporting it.”
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“When I first got to Congress in 2013 was the last time we had a bill like this.”
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“It takes, on average, two and three quarter years for your [asylum] case to be heard.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 50:18-50:25
“They've eliminated climate change fighting initiatives.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 53:04-53:08
“They've cut diversity equity inclusion programs.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 53:07-53:11
“They implemented a nationwide ban on abortion.”
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“It could raise taxes for the average Wisconsinite by $3,100.”
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“It could raise the cost of prescription drugs for up to almost 300,000 people in Wisconsin.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 53:51-53:58
“It reduces coverage for 595,000 Medicaid enrollees.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 54:08-54:14
“It would fire 26, 41 teachers, affecting 31,000 students in the state of Wisconsin.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 54:21-54:28
“There's a group, bipartisan or non-partisan national group [working on election accountability].”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 1:03:58-1:04:04
“Reed and I are leading the effort in Wisconsin [to ensure election accountability].”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 1:04:03-1:04:06
“The Republican Study Committee... has recommended going from 67 to 69 [for Social Security eligibility age].”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 1:09:04-1:09:19
“The Republican Study Committee... wants to raise the retirement age from 67 to 69.”
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“They would defund Social Security, so it would be harder to get help.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 1:09:25-1:09:30
“Medicare is explicitly talked about and it explicitly says you will go on a privatized plan.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 1:09:29-1:09:36
“Over half the people right now in the country are on Medicare Advantage plans.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 1:10:37-1:10:42
“Every budget [Trump proposed] was to cut Social Security and Medicare's funding.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 1:12:22-1:12:28
“Social Security and Medicare are two of the most popular programs the federal government offers.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 1:15:03-1:15:08
“In Medicare Advantage, it's twice as profitable as normal health insurance.”
Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay | Uploaded September 3, 2024 | 1:15:11-1:15:16
“We passed 27 bills last year, the least since the depression.”
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