At the urging of former President Donald Trump and his allies, the Republican Party is set to abandon a decadeslong push for a federal abortion ban and soften its stance on same-sex marriage in its platform, according to changes made in a draft policy platform passed Monday morning ahead of next weeks Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
The new draft party platform, which still must get approval from the full Republican National Committee, came after the Trump campaign made a quiet push to keep those seen as too socially conservative off the platform committee out of concern that they would make a vocal push for things like a federal abortion ban, which has consistently been unpopular in public polling.
The reality of the situation is, this platform reflects modern day realities, said a platform committee member who spoke anonymously to NBC News to detail private deliberations. This is a position that leaves it up to the states, which is the position of the Republican Party.
Social conservatives pushed to retain the platforms old language promoting an abortion ban and opposing same-sex marriage, but they lost as the politics surrounding both have changed over the years. Trump said earlier this year that abortion should remain a state policy issue, after the Supreme Courts 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade, and Trumps White House said during his administration that he supported same-sex marriage.
Trumps approval of the proposed party platform comes just two days after he publicly lashed out at the conservative groups behind the writing of Project 2025, a 922-page roadmap of policies for a potential second Trump administration. Critics have panned some of the projects proposals, and the Biden campaign has repeatedly sought to tie Trump to it.
The proposed platform is just 16 pages, significantly shorter than the more than 60-page current document. That was the result of a concerted effort by Trump to simplify and streamline the partys policy platform.
Its something some party officials have said was the right move after years of massive GOP platforms.
Its what a platform should be, in my opinion, said one party official. What DJT is running on, but not hundreds of pages of dribble.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-pushes-new-gop-platform-softening-partys-positions-abortion-sex-rcna160730If only; but nah, more likely just saying what they think will do them the most favors.
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*removes it until he wins and then it will be back on the platform and 100% definitely happen.
Progress?How long until TC openly starts supporting Trump? He seems to be making this slow transition there, as if it wasn't obvious
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-pushes-new-gop-platform-softening-partys-positions-abortion-sex-rcna160730More like "maybe if we don't talk about it for a few months they'll forget"
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How long until TC openly starts supporting Trump? He seems to be making this slow transition there, as if it wasn't obvious
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-pushes-new-gop-platform-softening-partys-positions-abortion-sex-rcna160730
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-pushes-new-gop-platform-softening-partys-positions-abortion-sex-rcna160730No. Republicans are not to be trusted because they never operate in good faith.
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If you think this is anything more than a smokescreen you're a gullible fool. They're just removing these goals from their platform publicly to trick people into thinking it won't happen if they get elected, and then once the election is over, guess what they're going to do.
How long until TC openly starts supporting Trump? He seems to be making this slow transition there, as if it wasn't obvious
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-pushes-new-gop-platform-softening-partys-positions-abortion-sex-rcna160730
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How long until TC openly starts supporting Trump? He seems to be making this slow transition there, as if it wasn't obviousLike I pointed out already, he's pretty much this election's Kensage. Just like Kensage he'll go full mask off by November.
If you think this is anything more than a smokescreen you're a gullible fool. They're just removing these goals from their platform publicly to trick people into thinking it won't happen if they get elected, and then once the election is over, guess what they're going to do.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-pushes-new-gop-platform-softening-partys-positions-abortion-sex-rcna160730
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*removes it until he wins and then it will be back on the platform and 100% definitely happen.
Would love to see this lose him evangelicalsEhhhh I feel like they know this is a ploy and will vote for him anyway.
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Would love to see this lose him evangelicalsHe won't. They don't have principles beyond a desire to have power.
He won't. They don't have principles beyond a desire to have power.