The Republican Party announced in a press release Sunday that they would not pass a Republican Party Platform at their convention in 2020. Democrats had their regular committees and caucuses, which debated and handled the business of a political party. Republicans won't be able to handle that with just a few weeks to set up the event.
To make it worse, the GOP also just copied and pasted their 2016 platform without editing it. It means that an attack on the White House and the current administration was left in the copy.
"The current Administration has exceeded its constitutional authority, brazenly and flagrantly violated the separation of powers, sought to divide America into groups and turn citizen against citizen," the platform says.
See the excerpt below:
The official operating platform of the Republican Party in 2020 declares: "The current Administration has exceeded its constitutional authority, brazenly and flagrantly violated the separation of powers, sought to divide America into groups and turn citizen against citizen." pic.twitter.com/4e05FSs28b
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 24, 2020
Given that the Republicans are saying their 2016 platform is valid again this year, it sets up some ... awkward statements in 2020.https://t.co/KZk314PFJO pic.twitter.com/CT392KzeWU
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 24, 2020
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