Liberal think tank's deep ties to Biden admin, far-left policies could come back to haunt Harris campaign

As former President Trump faces backlash from Democrats over ties to the Heritage Foundation’s "Project 2025," the Biden-Harris administration has been working hand in hand with a prominent liberal think tank through a revolving door of employees working to turn progressive policy recommendations into executive actions and legislation, which could come back to haunt the Harris campaign.

The Center for American Progress (CAP) has been labeledthe "most influential" think tank in the Biden era, while the group publicly boasts that it has turned at least 10 policy recommendations into "executive action and policy legislation."

Patrick Gaspard, the current president of CAP, has visited the Biden White House at least 20 times between December 2021 and January 2024, which included five solo meetings with high-ranking Biden officials.

CAP’s ties to the Biden White House go even deeper than Gaspard, as at least 60 alumni from the think tank have joined the administration, including Neera Tanden, who previously served as president of CAP and has served in multiple roles in the Biden administration, including senior adviser and staff secretary.

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She was promoted in May 2023 to the "Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor" titles, replacing Susan Rice, according to a White House press release.

President Biden also hired CAP founder and chairman John Podesta as a senior White House clean energy czar in 2022. Podesta was tasked with overseeing roughly $370 billion in climate spending appropriated by the Inflation Reduction Act.

The former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman was then tapped by Biden earlier this year to serve as his top