In reality, Trump’s Agenda 47 and Project 2025 (both created by right-wing think tanks and interest groups) are no such thing.
This is the result of decades of movement building and other work to undermine democracy by the “conservative” movement.
"A key additional point about the hard right is that they don’t all want the same things.".
There are two other major shifts in the Republican Party that we have to think about in a longer time frame.
A segment of the party doesn’t even care about governing – witness the shut-down shambles in the Republican-led House of Representatives.
The extreme faction of the Republican Party is aiming to blow up the system and take control of whatever remains.
But Project 2025 shows us that the old Right has left the building. »