Talk:Russell Vought

Acting budget director Russ Vought, Michael Duffey, a senior official in the Office of Management and Budget, and T. Ulrich Brechbuhl, counsel at the State Department, all previously declined requests by investigators to testify voluntarily.

• https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/25/impeachment-investigators-issue-subpoenas-to-3-top-trump-officials-000298
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry-live-updates/2019/10/25/8498483a-f6a6-11e9-ad8b-85e2aa00b5ce_story.html
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-25/white-house-official-to-appear-if-subpoenaed-impeachment-update

X1\ (talk) 20:35, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/11/03/mulvaney-allies-lead-stonewall-against-democrats-impeachment-inquiry

X1\ (talk) 21:37, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

To add to this article: mention of this hidden camera interview in which Vought was very up-front about his plans for the United States. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6Rvryx6A-0 98.123.38.211 (talk) 14:48, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

The interview is mentioned in the Project 2025 section. Selbsportrait (talk) 17:04, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

No, it isn't, and there is no such "Project 2025" section in the current version of this article. ~2026-90336-1 (talk) 21:13, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

A lot has been deleted from this article. Diff: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russell_Vought&oldid=1277553468#Project_2025 ~2026-90336-1 (talk) 21:17, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

Restored. ~2026-90336-1 (talk) 21:21, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

Right wing individuals continue to become more extreme & move farther to the right. Is it time to stop using the term "conservative" & instead use the more accurate, realistic, & practical term "right wing" or "far right" to refer to these people who are obviously pushing the extents of fascism.

They like to refer to themselves as conservative, & that to begin with is not accurate except for a few socially related topics - there's nothing more liberal than giving millions of $ to billionaires, so when you use the term they want you to use you are only adopting & supporting their warped propaganda. In addition, their propaganda frames the term "liberal" as a negative & dangerous word, another reason to not use the term conservative because it is less accurate by the day. Steeviansj (talk) 14:06, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

I was unaware of the necessity to cite a change for the word or term "conservative" - that is an opinionated term which IMO is incorrectly used. In the past the term referred to fiscal conservatives which if you read the news does not apply since a long time to people such as Vought - the term has also been used to describe a few positions on "morality" related subjects such as marriage etc, this IMO is also inaccurate because all people will have a conservative & liberal view on various subjects. I could say Vought is extremely liberal as far as supporting tax cuts for millionaires & billionaires - this is a very liberal policy giving $ to wealthy people. Using & associating the traditional term "conservative" with Vought is at best inaccurate & inappropriate. Vought & Trump et all support fascist policy & are fascists which is a more appropriate term. A top US Army General has officially referred to Trump as a fascist - https://www.axios.com/2024/10/11/mark-milley-trump-fascist-bob-woodward-book Using the term "conservative" to describe Vought is like using that term to describe Putin or Hitler. Steeviansj (talk) 22:15, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

This is related to the use of the term "conservative" section, but also relates to sources and citations. So I've started a new topic.

I see that Marquardtika reverted Steeviansj's wording change, with the comment "restored sourced version," by changing the wording far-right wing individuals back to conservatives. Yet the only relevant cited source that I see uses neither wording, instead referring to hardcore disciples. Is there another cited source that I've missed? Trackerwannabe (talk) 21:25, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

It's from the other citation in that section, Politico. Marquardtika (talk) 13:20, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

So “woke and weaponized” comes from this citation, and conservatives from this one? Okay.

Trackerwannabe (talk) Trackerwannabe (talk) 12:02, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Looks like it. It's pretty clear that this IP editor just made some random changes without sourcing them. Marquardtika (talk) 13:43, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

...might be fleshed by naming or categorizing those orgs, as it specifies The Atlantic Magazine, not just "a magazine"...

The actual sentence, " The Atlantic magazine and various Christian organizations denounced Sanders's questioning as a violation of the No Religious Test Clause. 2601:601:4085:BE10:6C77:8594:B82B:919F (talk) 18:12, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

I think these may be significant. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 01:42, 8 February 2025 (UTC).

Mr. Vought intends to end federal education funding of federal student loans and grants. Please add what funding he received at Wheaton college and George Washington School of Law. 2600:100B:A010:836E:7CBF:DDB4:2B21:C816 (talk) 22:19, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

Does anybody here object to me making a million copyedits with the goal of B Class, before nominating this article for GA? I'm working on Stephen Miller right now and will check back in a few days. Best wishes. -SusanLesch (talk) 23:43, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

The image we have (#1) is okay but it is cropped out of a meeting with Kristi Noem. Does anyone here have a preference?

1. Cropped meeting with Kristi Noem

2. Official, used at White House, SenGov, Congress.gov

3. Official cropped

4. Official

• #2. -SusanLesch (talk) 22:28, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
• I'd say #2 or #3. Marquardtika (talk) 15:16, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

Comment. I'll give this another week, and then we'll try #2 or #3. Response to my other inquiry was nothing after ten days. -SusanLesch (talk) 23:46, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

User:Executive20000 exchanged #3 for #4. That's fine because #3 (in use on most govt pages) is seven years old. I consider this resolved. -SusanLesch (talk) 15:09, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Mr. Vought has very little information published about himself but we do have a couple of recordings. Do other editors think we should include undercover video made by the Centre for Climate Reporting in the Project 2025 section? My understanding of UK law is non-existent but I found that journalists and investigative reporting may make recordings without consent of the subject if the work in the public interest. What are your opinions on highlighting the speech in which Vought said he'd like federal employees to feel trauma?

I considered posting to the BLP noticeboard at WP:BLPN where I found no guidance in the archives (there was once a long discussion of a specific journalist). -SusanLesch (talk) 17:36, 22 November 2025 (UTC)

Interesting, as I had never considered the angle of different jurdisdiction's laws relative to undercover recordings. I'm ambivalent about including it. I think we can adequately convey his disdain for federal workers without using the video, but also don't have a strong objection to using it. Marquardtika (talk) 19:35, 22 November 2025 (UTC)

Color and contrast were toned down a bit. -SusanLesch (talk) 23:36, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

Vought was previously married to Mary Grace Vought, with whom he has two daughters, one of whom has cystic fibrosis. Mary filed for divorce on August 4, 2023, and the divorce was finalized on August 30 in Arlington County, Virginia. Vought married Michelle Martin in November 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. ~2026-49207-8 (talk) 16:25, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

We already have that information. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 17:28, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

To add to this article: in February 2026 it has been found that Vought has been using millions of dollars of remaining funds from USAID to fund his personal security detail. Source: https://newrepublic.com/post/206559/russ-vought-usaid-funds-security ~2026-90336-1 (talk) 21:15, 15 February 2026 (UTC)