‘This is going to hurt you’: Inside Project 2025’s politicization of the Census

Project 2025’s section on the census bureau spells out a detailed plan to politicize the statistical agency. The Heritage Foundation’s plan for the next conservative administration proposes adding a citizenship question in the 2030 census, which Trump attempted (and failed) to implement during his presidency. The citizenship question, along with a series of other proposals will likely lead to significant undercounts of already vulnerable populations, leading to unequitable congressional representation and inequitable allocation of federal funds. What happens when communities are undercounted in the census? “That means food stamps, that means Medicaid dollars, that means mental health care dollars were less,” to states and cities that had census undercounts, said Maya Wiley, President & CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights. » Subscribe to MSNBC: youtube.com/msnbc Download our new MSNBC app for the latest breaking news and daily headlines at a glance: www.msnbc.com/information/download-msnbc-app-n1241… Follow MSNBC Show Blogs MaddowBlog: www.msnbc.com/maddowblog ReidOut Blog: www.msnbc.com/reidoutblog MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House, The ReidOut, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and Alex Wagner who brings her breadth of reporting experience to MSNBC primetime. Watch “Alex Wagner Tonight” Tuesday through Friday at 9pm Eastern. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: www.msnbc.com/ Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily Newsletter: link.msnbc.com/join/5ck/msnbc-daily-signup Find MSNBC on Facebook: www.facebook.com/msnbc/ Follow MSNBC on Twitter: twitter.com/MSNBC Follow MSNBC on Instagram: www.instagram.com/msnbc #project2025 #trump #politics

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