Heritage chief mum on House Dems' demand for a meeting as left digs in on Project 2025

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The Heritage Foundation's advocacy arm will not say if it will heed House Democrats' demand for a sit-down with its president, Kevin Roberts, about the conservative think tank's Project 2025.

A Heritage spokesman declined to comment to Fox News Digital on Wednesday when asked about the letter from nearly 40 House Democrats that read, "We write to invite you to meet with Members of Congress to discuss the Project 2025 Presidential Transition Project."

"The content within this transition plan will permanently damage federal administrative operations and have a direct impact on all our Districts," reads the letter led by Reps. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., and Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass.

"Our offices are increasingly hearing from constituents worried about the impact of Project 2025 on the future of our nation. Many of them see it as an extreme takeover plan to dismantle checks and balances, amass unprecedented presidential power, and exercise total control over our government and our daily lives."

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The initiative, a set of proposals outlining right-wing policy goals and recommendations for a new Republican administration, has prompted a political firestorm in the middle of the 2024 presidential election cycle.

Former President Trump and his top campaign aides have criticized and