Conservative Commentator Jokes About Initiative
In the days leading up to the election, Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign strategy was a mix of celebrity endorsements and a tidal wave of ad buys—many of which painted a doomsday scenario. Central to their scare tactics was the ominous mention of “Project 2025,” allegedly a cornerstone of a potential Trump administration.
Ad after ad warned that Trump was set to roll out “his Project 2025,” casting it as an insidious scheme to override the Constitution itself. Yet despite Harris’s best efforts, her message didn’t hit home with enough voters in those critical swing states.
Now that the election is over I think we can finally say that yeah actually Project 2025 is the agenda. Lol
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) November 6, 2024
As election night turned into morning, Harris gave her concession speech, flanked by a somber Tim Walz and a small cadre of teary-eyed supporters. Some of them, in dramatic protest, even shaved their heads, symbolizing their defiance against what they saw as an impending authoritarian nightmare.
Shortly afterward, conservative commentator Matt Walsh chimed in, mockingly confirming that yes, Project 2025 was indeed on the agenda—and he’d even been promised a seat in Trump’s cabinet. Walsh, true to form, took it a step further, humorously announcing that he’d accepted multiple cabinet roles all at once to lighten Trump’s load.
Today I tried my best to clear up any of the confusion that may have been created by my statements about Project 2025. I hope this clarifies things. pic.twitter.com/WkJUi4jUcd
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) November 8, 2024
Mainstream media outlets, already on edge, leapt at the bait. Headlines blared in near panic: Rolling Stone announced, “Republicans Celebrate by Admitting They Can’t Wait for Project 2025,” while Axios warned, “Trump’s MAGA Allies Gloat Project 2025 Is the Agenda.”
Newsweek, Daily Mail, and MSNBC all scrambled to report Walsh’s comments as confirmation of their fears. Walsh’s trolling had hit its mark, and as always, left-leaning media outlets seemed willing to “step on the rake” once again.
This is far from the first time Walsh has stirred up controversy in such spectacular fashion. In 2022, he famously mocked the live-action casting of Halle Bailey as Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid, suggesting that scientifically, mermaids should be translucent. Social media erupted with outrage, though Walsh later clarified it was all in jest. Predictably, Mary Trump took to Twitter to decry Walsh’s comments, asserting that “there is no such thing as a mermaid” and branding critics of the casting as racists—a reminder of how sharply divided public opinion can be, even over something as lighthearted as a fairy tale.