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'It will get bloody': Expert raises alarm over Project 2025 architect's election threat

According to former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, there is not enough attention being paid to an ominous threat made by the Heritage Foundation's Kevin Roberts when he hinted at violence if Donald Trump is not reelected.Described as the architect of the authoritarian Project 2025 document that provides a roadmap for a re-elected Trump to shut down government departments and purge civil servants deemed not loyal to the convicted felon ex-president, Roberts appeared on Steve Bannon's War Room this past week where he told fill-in host Dave Brat, "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be."On her Civil Discourse Substack platform, Vance asked, "Is Roberts threatening people who speak out with violence? What if they protest? What if they vote?"RELATED: Watch: Conservative laughed at after he's busted for lying about election fraud in 2020Suggesting, "He’s saying it will get bloody. The more we learn about Project 2025 and the people behind it, the worse it gets," she added, "Roberts’ comments are not something we can just move on from. They must be taken seriously. It’s one thing for conservatives to like some of the policies Trump espouses. It’s an entirely different thing to suggest they’ll use violence against people who don’t agree. Roberts’ words come in a context and that context is Project 2025."Calling what Roberts is proposing, "a militant brand of authoritarian Christian nationalism," Vance wrote, "Kevin Roberts and his comments warrant more than just a quick moment in the news cycle.""Roberts is telling us, authoritatively, what’s in store for us if Trump returns to the White House," she explained. "If you’re talking with friends about what Trump 2.0 and Project 2025 look like and they don’t believe you, if they say you’re overwrought and it won’t be all that bad, tell them they don’t have to believe you—they can hear it from the horse’s mouth."You can read more here.