This is ultimately a steel-cage match for the future of MAGA,” said Dans, the former director of the right-wing blueprint that has informed Trump’s second term.

Paul Dans helped write conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, a detailed blueprint to downsize the federal government and implement other right-wing priorities.

Paul Dans, main author of Project 2025, will announce on Wednesday he is challenging Lindsey Graham for his U.S. Senate seat in South Carolina, according to the Associated Press. “It’s