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Due to Trump's organizational excellence and extreme attention to detail, the GOP has found itself approving its 2016 platform as its 2020 platform, causing some anger and head-scratching.
Indeed, the 2016 platform contains several references to policy changes Trump has already delivered, as well as criticisms of the “current administration” and “the president” that could cause confusion given Trump’s incumbency. For instance, the platform calls for the U.S. Embassy in Israel to be moved to Jerusalem, something Trump did during his second year in office. It also slams “the current Administration” for a ballooning national debt that “has placed a significant burden on future generation.” Though the reference was made when President Barack Obama was in office, the national debt has also increased significantly under Trump.
A vote by the Republican National Committee to leave the party’s 2016 party platform unchanged ahead of the November election has infuriated grassroots activists — including moderates who wanted to streamline its message and social conservatives who sought added language on emerging hot-button topics.
The decision by the party’s executive panel Wednesday means the GOP will maintain positions in the 4-year-old policy blueprint — including opposition to same-sex marriage and a nod to gay conversion therapy — and decline to stake out new positions on topics such as police reform, gender identity and third-trimester abortions. Party officials and senior Trump campaign aides had previously discussed ways to pare down the 58-page document to a single note card or abbreviated list of principles, but the effort broke down after several conservative groups registered complaints with the White House.
Indeed, the 2016 platform contains several references to policy changes Trump has already delivered, as well as criticisms of the “current administration” and “the president” that could cause confusion given Trump’s incumbency. For instance, the platform calls for the U.S. Embassy in Israel to be moved to Jerusalem, something Trump did during his second year in office. It also slams “the current Administration” for a ballooning national debt that “has placed a significant burden on future generation.” Though the reference was made when President Barack Obama was in office, the national debt has also increased significantly under Trump.
A vote by the Republican National Committee to leave the party’s 2016 party platform unchanged ahead of the November election has infuriated grassroots activists — including moderates who wanted to streamline its message and social conservatives who sought added language on emerging hot-button topics.
The decision by the party’s executive panel Wednesday means the GOP will maintain positions in the 4-year-old policy blueprint — including opposition to same-sex marriage and a nod to gay conversion therapy — and decline to stake out new positions on topics such as police reform, gender identity and third-trimester abortions. Party officials and senior Trump campaign aides had previously discussed ways to pare down the 58-page document to a single note card or abbreviated list of principles, but the effort broke down after several conservative groups registered complaints with the White House.
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