Project 21: Press Releases

Washington, DC - A federal judge in Virginia today ruled that the Obamacare health care takeover is unconstitutional. Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are speaking out about this landmark ruling: Coby W. Dillard: "The ruling in Commonwealth v. Sebelius is a reminder that individual liberty -- the right to live freely and make individual decisions -- trumps the attempt by the government to force an unpopular and unconstitutional health care mandate on the American people. In siding with Virginia, Judge Hudson has reaffirmed the original intent of our Constitution's authors, who did not wish to see the ...
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Washington, D.C. – A new report by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights regarding biases in civil rights enforcement at the U.S. Department of Justice is a step in the right direction, but members of the Project 21 black leadership network say a continued unwillingness by Obama Administration officials to cooperate with investigators proves the need for a special prosecutor to investigate the scandal-plagued department. "Not for a lack of effort, the Civil Rights Commission's report was still only able to scratch the surface of a deeper problem. As I have previously pointed out, it will take someone with explicit ...
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Washington, D.C. – Efforts by a special interest activist to restrict Americans receiving financial aid from using food subsidies for sodas are being criticized by Deneen Borelli of the Project 21 black leadership network as an attack on liberty and personal preference. "The willingness for progressives to leverage power over those on public assistance illustrates the potential loss of liberty that comes with living on the government plantation," said Project 21 fellow Deneen Borelli, who is participating in a panel discussion on the topic later this week in Washington, D.C. Borelli added: "This is the nanny state gone wild. Attacking ...
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Washington, DC – Congressman-elect Allen West (R-FL) announced that he plans to join the Congressional Black Caucus after his January swearing-in. Members of the Project 21 black leadership network applaud this effort by West -- a black man whose campaign was strongly supported by the tea party movement -- to bring political diversity to an allegedly nonpartisan group currently dominated by liberals who claim to represent the views of all black Americans. "I can think of no one more qualified to bring a quantifiable voice of decorum and true American opinion to the Congressional Black Caucus than Allen West," said ...
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Washington, D.C. – Black conservatives are cheering the mandate for change away from liberal big-government policies and toward promises of a smaller and more responsible government. But members of the Project 21 black leadership network -- many of whom are also active in the tea party movement -- say their enthusiasm and support are conditional based upon how the newly-elected congressional leadership holds true to its campaign promises. "From Scott Rigell's congressional victory in my home area of Hampton Roads to those of other Republican and tea party-supported candidates nationwide, the will of the people is clear -- no more ...
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Free Speech "Schizophrenia": Left Claims to Support Freedom and Openness, Yet Up in Arms that Andrew Breitbart Might Express an Opinion on ABC News The Censorship Continues: Last Week, Juan Williams; This Week, Andrew Breitbart - Who's Next? Washington, DC – Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are expressing disgust over the left's lack of real respect for the First Amendment in light of the uproar among professional liberals that ABC News invited conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart to contribute opinions on election night. "Silencing speech is the consistent theme used by progressives," said Project 21 full-time Fellow Deneen ...
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Washington, D.C. – In light of the imminent release of a report on the Justice Department's apparent politicization of the case of alleged voting rights abuses by the New Black Panthers, members of the Project 21 black leadership network are commenting on revelations that federal civil rights enforcement is not being administered in an impartial manner. "'Equal justice under law' is as central to the American idea as 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.' Unfortunately, this now appears to be an alien concept at the Barack Obama-Eric Holder Department of Justice," said Project 21 member Deroy Murdock. "The American ...
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Washington, D.C. – As expected, the new report that the NAACP is touting as proof of the radicalism of the tea party movement is rife with innuendo, hearsay and conjecture. Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are highly critical of a study obviously devised with pre-ordained conclusions and crafted to be a weapon to bring disrepute upon grassroots activism against the liberal big-government policies of the Obama White House and the current congressional leadership. "Looking at the research that comprises this report, I find it interesting that it appears not a single leader of the mentioned tea party ...
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Washington, D.C. – In what promises to be yet another attempt to play the race card against the tea party movement, the NAACP teamed up with the little-known Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights on a yet-to-be released study that alleges tea party ties to hate groups. Members of the Project 21 black leadership network who are also involved in tea party activism expect this new report will be long on claims and short on facts. "Every other attack against the tea parties failed, so it's back to square one for the NAACP," said Project 21's Kevin Martin, ...
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Experts at the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project and Project 21 say the cover story of Bloomberg Businessweek magazine, "Why Business Doesn't Trust the Tea Party," explains why big business should be wary of the Tea Party movement. "Progressive CEOs who embrace inherently anti-capitalist policies are making an enemy of grassroots conservatives and anyone who opposes higher taxes. Businesses should be wary of the Tea Parties, but they brought it on themselves," said Tom Borelli, Ph.D., Director of the Free Enterprise Project. "When CEOs seek short-term profits and political perks by embracing anti-free market policies such ...
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Washington, D.C. – Mychal Massie, chairman of the Project 21 black leadership network, says President Obama's recent playing of the race card is inappropriate for a President and for someone who has publicly professed a desire for a post-racial America. "Obama's comments further calcify his commonality, lack of couth, lack of propriety and unworthiness to be president," said Project 21's Massie. "Never in the history of this nation has there been a president who so perfectly lacked even the most basic qualifications and social skills pursuant to the office he holds." During a speech in Philadelphia on October 10, Obama ...
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Washington, D.C. – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York Governor David Paterson are asking the federal government to deny New York City residents on food stamps the ability to use aid to buy certain beverages. Deneen Borelli, a fellow with the Project 21 black leadership network, sees this as a warning about the limits to freedom that inevitably come with increased government dependency. "Efforts by Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Paterson to use the power of the government to control the dietary choices of Americans on food stamps should serve as a warning that dependency leads to a ...
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Washington, D.C. – Despite MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell's alleged regrets about making a race-tinged remark about Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele, the nature of the offense and the double-standard regarding liberal hosts has a member of the Project 21 black leadership network calling for a shake-up at a network known for its antipathy for anything right-of-center. "MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell has joined a long line of liberal talking heads who make racist statements on the air when it comes to black conservatives, only to hear a deafening silence from the rest of the national media and the civil rights establishment," ...
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Washington, D.C. – In trying to pacify supporters angry because he has not imposed his liberal policies fast enough, President Barack Obama began equating his agenda of increasing government and reducing individual liberty to overcoming slavery. Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are condemning Obama's apparent belief that our nation's free market economic system is as immoral, cruel and oppressive as the past practice of one human owning another. "Once again, we see the depth of Obama's absence of integrity when it comes to facts and history," said Project 21 chairman Mychal Massie. "But, more importantly, what goes ...
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Washington, D.C. -- A member of the Project 21 black leadership network says President Obama “has a lot of nerve” soliciting aid from black Americans only after his reputation with the rest of America has soured. The charge, from Project 21’s Kevin Martin, comes following Barack Obama’s partisan appeal this weekend to the Congressional Black Caucus, asking CBC members to “guard the change.” "President Obama has a lot of nerve coming back to black America for support now,” says Martin. “I have no doubt his policies are what is prolonging this recession that is hitting blacks especially hard. And yet ...
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Washington, D.C. – With the NAACP’s leadership throwing itself in with far-left groups in an apparent effort to paint the tea party movement as radical and potentially racist, black conservatives with the Project 21 leadership network who attended the September 12 “March on D.C.” report that nothing occurred yesterday that would interest these would-be watchdogs. “This tea party was no different from any of the others. It was like others, but not the way the left is going to want to say,” said Project 21 member Bob Parks. “I encountered a lot of the usual nice people. I was called ...
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Washington, D.C. – A new NAACP initiative to monitor the "racism and other forms of extremism" of the tea party movement is being criticized by black conservatives with the Project 21 leadership network as yet another example of the once-venerable group allowing its reputation to be hijacked for progressive political gain. "It's regrettable to see a group that used to have such an honorable and credible reputation become just another political tool of the progressive movement," said Project 21 member Jimmie L. Hollis. "I cannot help but think that there are some fine people working for the NAACP, but its ...
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Washington, D.C. – In a weekend filled with tea party rallies nationwide, members of the Project 21 black leadership network are designated speakers at the major rallies on both coasts and right in the middle of America. "Dissent was considered patriotic when the progressives were out of power, and the political reality they have wrought on America since then proves that dissent is needed now more than ever," said Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli. "The tea parties are a genuine, diverse and patriotic effort to restore the fundamental principles of limited government and virtue that made our nation great and ...
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Washington, DC – Mychal Massie, the chairman of the Project 21 black leadership network, is challenging the Reverend Al Sharpton, National Urban League CEO Marc Morial and Pastor Walter Fauntroy to a debate over their extremist comments and racist allegations against the tea party movement. "Among the comfort of their admirers, these men are brave attackers. But I am challenging Al Sharpton, Marc Morial and Walter Fauntroy to come out in the open to see if they have the collective backbone to face me in a debate about their tea party allegations," said Massie. "It's easy to throw stones from ...
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Washington, DC –With President Barack Obama's announcement tonight of what he considers to be the end of combat operations in Iraq, members of the Project 21 black leadership network are speaking out about this administration's approach to operations in the Iraq theater and the debt of gratitude owed to our nation's armed forces. Coby Dillard: "As a Navy veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, no one is prouder than I to see our troops return from combat. However, President Obama made his speech tonight more about the fulfillment of a campaign promise than about the brave, honorable and victorious service of ...
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