While Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters are looking to the tycoon to Make America Great Again, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee seems to be on a mission to turn his most infamous initials into a statement that stands for “Make America Great Again.” Gay Also.”
at that time Through repeated opinion polls In a sign of Republican voters (and many independents) becoming increasingly averse to the absurd idea of same-sex marriage, a 16-page draft of the new party platform circulated by the Trump campaign to members of the party’s platform committee on Monday has completely removed the party’s opposition to same-sex marriage.
What’s the point in simply adopting the Democrats’ policies as our policies? We’d be better off following the path of the Conservatives.
The following is draft First obtained The Washington Post and later published.
The new platform draft also removes language from 2016 that condemned the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision granting same-sex couples the right to marry. The new platform does not mention same-sex marriage at all. Instead, it reads, “Republicans will promote a culture that values the sanctity of marriage, the celebration of childhood, and the fundamental role of family, and we will support working parents,” and “end policies that punish families.”
We already know that Trump is trying to rid his party of the goal of a national abortion ban, and this draft reflects that thinking — and only briefly mentions opposition to late-term abortion. But the marriage provision shows that Trump’s shift to the left goes beyond concern about the electoral strength of pro-abortion advocates. It’s something more systemic.
A “Harriet Myers moment”?
Remember, since winning the primary, Trump has endorsed nearly every lesser liberal candidate. He has stonewalled conservatives who disagree with House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) policies. He supported funding Ukraine, opposed repealing Obamacare, poured cold water on the Bud Light boycott, voiced support for a new FBI building, and increase On immigration, as a Floridian, I will not even promise to oppose an abortion referendum that would grant the right to kill a fetus up until birth.
Indeed, while Trump has said he wants to leave abortion up to the states, he has also put special pressure on the Arizona state legislature to repeal its abortion ban. It seems like letting the states decide is a one-way street.
All of this is happening as Trump is promoting neocon technocrats such as Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum (R-ND) who his staunchest supporters have opposed. This is happening as he is attacking Project 2025, the Steve Bannon-backed initiative that set the policy and personnel agenda for the Trump administration and avoided the problems of “Javanca” globalism in his first term. Not only has the Trump campaign rejected this agenda, Revealed They will ignore the “Conservative LinkedIn” that the president’s supporters set up to hire only MAGA supporters for executive positions, while billionaires like Bill Ackman Promise to staff Trump administration.
Such short-term betrayals should give conservatives pause and incentive to express their dissatisfaction. Trump needs a “Harriet Myers” case. In 2005, conservatives made it clear that they could not accept George W. Bush’s appointment of his personal lawyer to the US Supreme Court. The backlash has given us the Samuel Alito precedent for nearly two decades. I’m so glad that at the time, losers on the right didn’t tell us to shut up and not express our dissatisfaction with Republican leaders, saying, “You want a Democrat?”
Normalizing Liberalism
Which brings us back to the topic of party platforms: Trump’s plans for one are further proof that his leftward shift is not just a temporary strategic choice to win elections, but a permanent paradigm shift to govern more like Britain’s Rishi Sunak or France’s Emmanuel Macron than like Nigel Farage or Marine Le Pen.
The new platform replaces the social and fiscal conservatism disliked by some that was adopted without committee or amendment votes at two consecutive conventions led by Trump. Unlike the issue of abortion, where Republicans appear to be losing support, they have strengthened their support for Rainbow Jihad, strengthened their opposition to same-sex marriage and become even more opposed to transgender policies.
There is no need to moderate on these issues, given the tendency of the old establishment to abandon conservatism when it temporarily loses at the polls, but the draft, shaped by a carefully selected panel of delegates, shows that Trump essentially endorses Bruce Jenner’s views: recognizing transgenderism as real and important, while advocating for the protection of women’s sports and opposing funding for the castration of minors.
The Washington Post describes the new platform in relation to existing platforms:
The new platform stops short of banning parents from seeking medical treatment for their minor children, but it condemns taxpayer funding of such procedures. “We will bar men from girls’ sports, prohibit taxpayer funding of sex reassignment surgery, prevent taxpayer-funded schools from promoting gender transitions, and reverse Biden’s radical rewrite of Title IX education regulations to restore protections for women and girls,” the new platform states.
Jenner and Ric Grenell have long promoted the party’s platform of accepting the premise of homosexuality and transgender policies but opposing some of their less popular policies. This explains why there is no mention of issues of bathrooms, drag shows, or adoption. Additionally, Trump’s wife has only held two fundraisers this term, both for the Log Cabin Republicans, whose sole purpose is to normalize homosexuality within the Republican Party. Bruce Jenner will also speak at the convention and will be introduced as “Caitlyn” to normalize homosexual behavior on the right.
Party leaders were vocal about normalizing liberalism in the platform and tried to bar socially conservative delegates from the platform committee. Several Southern socially conservative delegates told me they were told at the Republican National Convention they could appoint themselves to any committee they wanted, as long as it wasn’t the platform committee.
A bulwark against one-party rule
Meanwhile, the Missouri Republican Party’s middling Republican chairman led his executive committee in an unprecedented move. To disable Delegates selected by convention activists to support establishment candidates, including Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri). Be warned It waters down policies on life and marriage, but without an accompanying Harriet Myers moment, these warnings ring hollow.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) I just proposed He argues that the party platform should reflect Trump’s latest views. He is dead wrong. Trump is Trump at this point. What we need is a bulwark against the Republican Party and the lesser single party in red states, because Trump, while better than Biden, is clearly not that bulwark.
It’s a straw man argument to blame those of us who are concerned about Trump’s policies for supporting Biden and the Democratic Party. We can nominate Trump at the convention and spend a few days trying to repair the damage to our platform, but what’s the point if we adopt the Democrats’ policies as our policies? We’d be better off following the path of the Conservatives.
