The Washington Examiner’s Sarah Bedford argued that Democratic lawmakers are taking a possible second term from former President Donald Trump seriously, specifically regarding a newly formed task force by House lawmakers.

Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) joined several Democratic lawmakers to form a task force to prevent Project 2025, which he described as “a dystopian plot” to reshape the United States and its government. The project, created by the Heritage Foundation, aims to make the government more in line with conservative values. Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said this agenda would be “ready on Day One of the next administration.”

“I think this pro-democracy party, Democrats, are taking a lot of steps to ensure that if the democratically elected president happens to be a Republican next, that he won’t be able to implement his agenda,” Bedford said on Fox Business’s Evening Edit. “I mean, you’ve already seen the Biden administration also taking steps along these same lines. Just a couple of months ago, the Biden administration issued an executive order that would make it more difficult to remove any career bureaucrats throughout the federal government because we saw a lot of this during the Trump administration as well, right? The Democrats believed that it was the duty of federal agencies to obstruct President Trump from implementing parts of his agenda. I think you can expect to see more of that if Donald Trump lands back in office.”

Bedford also argued there is misinformation being spread by Democrats on what Project 2025 is and stated it is a plan by conservatives on how to organize the federal government. She said Democrats are using it as “a catch-all term” to worry voters about a second Trump presidency and noted the Trump campaign is not pushing to use Project 2025.

In April, Trump sat down for an interview to discuss his presidential ambitions should he return to the White House next year, which would include reimplementing the “Remain in Mexico” program and Title 42 to address illegal immigration. He also reiterated his stance on leaving abortion access up to the states.

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The former president is meeting with Republican lawmakers on Thursday to discuss his agenda for 2025 in preparation for his possible return to office. Party leaders say they want to work in “close coordination” with a possible Trump administration that will keep the party united on all fronts. 

President Joe Biden is seeking reelection this November, setting the stage for a rematch between him and Trump. Polling data released after Trump’s guilty verdict in his Manhattan trial indicated the former president held a 1% lead over Biden in a rematch.