‘Not A Threat To Democracy’: Chris Cuomo Torpedoes Dems’ Claim That Trump Would Be ‘Dictator’ 

NewsNation host Chris Cuomo on Thursday refuted Democrats’ assertions that The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 would turn former President Donald Trump into a “dictator” if re-elected.

The Democratic Party’s website states that it is a “fact” that Project 2025 is a “‘Trump-Driven Operation’ To Let Him Be a Dictator on Day One” despite the former president denying any awareness or involvement with the initiative. Cuomo, on “The Chris Cuomo Project,” dismissed the notion that Project 2025 poses an existential threat to democracy, arguing the document outlines “conservative values” and urging Democrats to stop spreading false claims about the dangers Trump allegedly presents.

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“Donald Trump is not a threat to democracy. Project 2025, it’s conservative values — like them, don’t like them. Unitary executive, giving a president more power, it’s not the same as making him a despot or a dictator, okay? Getting rid of the Department of Education — I don’t like the idea, it’s not destroying democracy, and the distinction matters,” Cuomo said. “Neither is a threat to changing America’s institutions. I don’t believe that. But Project 2025 says he wants to replace the bureaucracy with his own people. Yeah, it’s also not going to happen. And even if it did, it wouldn’t destroy the institution, it would just put a bunch of people in there.”

“And, by the way, he could barely fill his judgeships. He barely staffed his administration. Go back and look how many open places there were. They’ll say, ‘Oh, we reduced the size of government.’ No, you were inept at hiring. It’s harder to do than saying it. So I don’t believe in the threat,” he added. “Now, you may find that unsatisfying because you want Trump to be bad. He gives you enough ammo. The truth is enough. Don’t stretch it and pervert it, because then you are becoming what you say you oppose, which is a sub-theme to the threat to our democracy.”