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Starting point is 00:02:07 we're going to be talking about the Republican Party Platform. That's right, Republicans have come out with a new party platform. It's the first one they've released since 2016. We're going to talk about what's in it, some of the differences between this and past party platforms, and break down some of the commentary as always. Before we jump in, though, a couple quick notes. First of all, for those of you who are regular newsletter readers, I wanted to give you a heads up that on Monday, we're making a small change that you should know about. We're going to start sending the email to all our subscribers from staff at readtangle.com

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Starting point is 00:04:37 Alexei Navalny's widow, saying she was part of an extremist organization. And number five, two Democratic senators asked the Justice Department to investigate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for possible tax law violations. The Republican Party published its platform, the principles it will run on for the fall's campaign, adopting former President Trump's objectives, softening the party's positions on abortion. In our spotlight, the GOP convention in Milwaukee kicks off just one week from today. The Republican National Committee drafting a 2024 platform that may usher in changes to the party's longstanding positions on key issues like abortion, same-sex marriage, and immigration.

Starting point is 00:05:29 Sources tell ABC News former President Trump called into a meeting with party officials today to express his approval of a draft for a new Republican Party platform that, while not finalized, is expected to align closer to Trump's ideology. not finalized is expected to align closer to Trump's ideology. Over the weekend, the Republican Party released its 2024 campaign platform, the first time it has released a party platform since 2016. The document, titled 2024 GOP Platform Make America Great Again, includes 20 promises and 10 chapters outlining the governing priorities for a Republican president. Typically,

Starting point is 00:06:09 the Republican and Democratic parties release their platforms ahead of their national conventions, and this year's release precedes the GOP's national convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that will start on July 15th. The platform's 10 chapters focus on inflation, the border, economic prosperity, the American dream, manufacturing, protecting seniors, schools, Economic Prosperity, The American Dream, Manufacturing, Protecting Seniors, Schools, Common Sense Leadership, Constitutional Government, and Peace Through Strength. Additionally, the 20 promises listed in the preamble address some specific positions, like eliminating taxes on tips, keeping the dollar as the world reserve currency, and building a U.S. missile defense system similar to Israel's Iron Dome.

Starting point is 00:06:45 In 2020, the Republican Party did not publish a platform document, which was a break from precedent and a source of criticism. Like the last Republican platform published in 2016, this year's version focuses on long-standing conservative priorities of energy independence, foreign policy centered on strength, and constitutional governance. However, it differs in a few key areas. The 16-page 2024 platform is much less detailed than its predecessors, which have ranged from 66 pages in 2016 to 75 pages in 1980. Perhaps most notable, however, is the party's stance on abortion, which has changed from calls for federal abortion restrictions to a focus on letting states decide. Republicans will protect and defend a vote of the people from within the states on the

Starting point is 00:07:26 issue of life, reads the title of the portion of the platform focusing on abortion, which also outlined the party's opposition to late-term abortion and its support for access to both in vitro fertilization and to birth control. As soon as it was published, many Republicans began touting the new agenda. On his social media website, Truth Social, former President Donald Trump also expressed his support, writing, Ours is a forward-looking agenda with strong promises that we will accomplish very quickly when we win the White House and Republican majorities in the House and Senate. We are

Starting point is 00:07:56 quite simply the party of common sense. However, some Republicans were dismayed by both the process of drafting the platform as well as the party's new official position on abortion. They rolled us. That's what they did, said Gail Rozeka, a Republican National Committee member from Utah and president of the conservative lobbying group Utah Eagle Forum. I've never seen this happen before. I don't understand why they did it, and I'm extremely disappointed that we do not have any pro-life language. Today, we'll get into what the right and the left are saying about the Republican Party platform, and then Isaac's take. We'll be right back after this quick commercial break. Are you sure you parked over here?

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Starting point is 00:09:09 For free tools and resources to help you manage your home finances and clear your head, visit Canada.ca slash It Pays to Know. A message from the Government of Canada. Based on Charles Yu's award-winning book, Interior Chinatown follows the story of Willis Wu, a background character trapped in a police procedural who dreams about a world beyond Chinatown. When he inadvertently becomes a witness to a crime, Willis begins to unravel a criminal web, his family's buried history, and what it feels like to be in the spotlight. Interior Chinatown is streaming November 19th, only on Disney+. Alright, first up, let's start with what the right is saying. The right broadly supports the platform, with most calling it a winning set of priorities. Some criticized the moderated language on abortion relative to previous platforms.

Starting point is 00:09:57 Others welcomed the softened abortion stance, suggesting it's politically necessary. And the New York Sun, Lawrence Kudlowlow praised the pro-growth America First platform. The platform carries the same kind of message that Trump had been successfully talking about for the last several years. It's pro-growth and pro-opportunity aims to close the southern border and restore an America first standing in the world, peace through strength. The document is short, pithy, and right to the point, Kudlow said. The platform also states, and I quote, unite our country by bringing it to new and record levels of success. These are the message points that have proved to be so popular on the campaign trail. These are exactly the themes that Trump has

Starting point is 00:10:35 used to organize a working-class coalition of Black Americans, Hispanics, Asians, young people, and women. These were policies to successfully build on Trump's first term as president. These were policies to successfully build on Trump's first term as president. Tax cuts, deregulation, energy independence, superb Supreme Court picks, strong national security, including the Abraham Accords, Kudlow added. Today, amid 20% Bidenflation, we have an affordability crisis with falling real wages and high mortgage and credit card borrowing costs, the nationwide crime and public safety ravages of Mr. Biden's illegal immigration catastrophe, and raging fires overseas. Most folks know that they were better off four or five years ago. That's Trump's message. Success is the best uniter. In the Federalist, Jordan Boyd said, the platform does nothing to protect unborn babies. The debut of the Republican National

Starting point is 00:11:22 Committee's recently revamped platform was celebrated by top Republicans and even some pro-life groups as a unifying message that will carry former President Donald Trump to victory come November. Buried in the abortion section of the 16-page document, however, is permission for the murder of millions of unborn babies via abortion and in vitro fertilization, Boyd wrote. The GOP's deliberate failure to carry over the party's 2016 pledge to support a human life amendment to the Constitution and legislation to make clear that the 14th Amendment's protections apply to children before birth would permit states governed by extremism to continue executing 99% of unborn babies currently murdered by abortion. Instead of following through on the Life Begins

Starting point is 00:12:05 at Conception policy the party claimed back in 2016 by advocating for the addition of a human life amendment to the Constitution, the GOP has effectively rubber-stamped states adding abortion through all nine months of pregnancy and even possibly a right to reproduce technology to the Constitution, Boyd said. The RNC's new abortion and IVF platform hasn't simply stifled the pro-life voters who helped elect Trump and so many other Republicans to office. It has effectively ensured that Republicans, not unlike Democrats, will go against voters' wishes on abortion. In the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Cynthia M. Allen argued the platform's approach to abortion could be savvy.

Starting point is 00:12:46 The platform's sole mention of abortion is used to affirm the party's opposition to late-term abortion, low-hanging fruit for anyone who doesn't live in Virginia or New York. While the departure from past platforms is striking, it's not unexpected. And frankly, it's probably the right call, Allen wrote. Abortion became an easy attack line against vulnerable Republicans during the 2022 midterms, especially as many candidates found themselves unable to articulate a clear pro-life message in the wake of their party's massive policy win. Republicans are probably a little savvier now and looking to downplay the national objectives on abortion in an effort to blunt Democratic assaults leading up to November.

Starting point is 00:13:23 They are also taking direction from a party leader who helped bring the pro-life movement its biggest victory, but would have no qualms about leaving them in the dust if it ensured his return to power. To that extent that the details of the party platforms even matter, they don't. Minimizing the anti-abortion message is the politically shrewd thing to do this cycle.

Starting point is 00:13:55 All right, that is it for what the right is saying, which brings us to what the left is saying. The left is critical of the platform, calling it a laundry list of Trump priorities. Some argue the GOP's agenda is out of step with what most Americans want. Others say the supposed moderate language on abortion is a facade. In The New Republic, Edith Olmsted wrote, Trump's deranged platform is already sending the RNC into chaos. Notably missing from the list is a federal ban on abortion. The absence represents a policy shift for the party as it cowers behind its champion,

Starting point is 00:14:29 Trump, who stopped advocating for a federal ban shortly after the midterms when he realized it was an insanely unpopular policy with voters, Olmsted said. It seems that the Republican Party was anxious to pass Trump's slightly unorthodox platform through, even if the policies don't represent the opinions of its committee members, let alone the position the GOP has had for the past 50 years. Uniformly adopting Trump's policy platform goes to show how far the Trump takeover of the GOP has come, Olmsted wrote. In 2020, the Republican Party didn't even deign to write a platform amid rumors that Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, planned to shorten it significantly and streamlined and upend the drafting process, according to Vox.

Starting point is 00:15:04 Perhaps some of Kushner's plans are latent within the party, intent on making decisions that align with the candidate rather than the people. In USA Today, Rex Hupke called the platform an unhinged, all-caps list of Trump's lies. The platform is less a serious expression of the party's values and plans for governing, and more a reminder that Republicans think actual policy proposals are for woke ninnies and American voters should just shut up and let billionaires control things, Hupke said. The preamble is replete with random capitalizations and other MAGA-inspired assaults on the English language. Take this line, for example. But now we are a nation in serious decline. That's serious foreshadows an all-caps 20-point list that makes

Starting point is 00:15:46 up the party platform, letting the reader know that serious things are always written in all caps to demonstrate their seriousness. The 20 promises that make up the 2024 GOP platform to make America great again begin with some good old-fashioned dangerous xenophobia and a promise to sweep across America and round up millions of immigrants, Hupke wrote. What matters is that this sub-kindergarten gibberish is what Democrats are running against. Should they get around to deciding whether President Joe Biden is too old to be their nominee, they've got a decent chance of winning, because a lot of Americans think stuff like stop the migrant invasion is fear-mongering nonsense.

Starting point is 00:16:26 stuff like stop the migrant invasion is fear-mongering nonsense. In Slate, Susan Rancunas said the GOP's new abortion platform is not softened nor scaled back. The former president's most prominent comments on this point, first in a much-hyped video and then again on the debate stage, have tellingly included some variation of, but you have to win elections, i.e. none of this matters if Republicans lose. He's practically winking and nodding in the hopes that voters will understand that he needs them just to put him in office, and then all bets are off, Frank Kunis wrote. So it's fitting that on Monday, the Republican National Committee's Platform Drafting Committee approved an abortion plank on page 15 of 16 that sounds as if it's about states' rights, but actually leaves the

Starting point is 00:17:04 door wide open for a national ban. This platform is just as harsh as it's been in the past. That's because anti-abortion hounds are plenty happy about it. And if their comments somehow aren't enough, look to the words and actions of two people responsible for drafting the platform. Russell Vaught is the RNC's platform policy director and also one of the authors of Project 2025, the conservative agenda

Starting point is 00:17:25 written for Trump that calls on him to ban abortion by enforcing the Comstock Act, Runcunas said. So while it's true that the GOP abortion platform doesn't explicitly call for a national ban, people need to realize that it could be used to achieve that horrifying end. All right, let's head over to Isaac for his take. All right, that is it for what the left and the right are saying, which brings us to my take. So not that there was ever any doubt, but this platform is one of the strongest indicators yet that the Republican Party is now Trump's party. This document isn't just a set of his priorities, it's written in his voice, using language and even punctuation that reads like one of his patent and

Starting point is 00:18:16 social media posts. The platform lays out 20 promises and 10 chapters about those promises. A lot of commentary has been made about those 10 chapters, and I will briefly summarize my thoughts below. Before I do, though, I thought it'd be fun to list out the 20 promises briefly included in the platform and respond in kind, in one sentence, to each. So here are the 20 promises, and then here is some very brief commentary from me. And then here is some very brief commentary from me. Promise number one is to seal the border and stop the migrant invasion. This is just classic Trump.

Starting point is 00:18:52 Not surprising at all that he leads with immigration, which is obviously Biden's weakest issue, aside from his age. Number two is carry out the largest deportation operation in American history. This is just confirmation of many liberals' biggest fears, though Trump has obviously not made it clear how he plans to execute this. Promise number three is to end inflation and make America affordable again. One of those kind of, well, duh, political aspirations, though Trump could literally take over, do nothing, and probably take credit for inflation coming down and the Fed cutting rates, because that seems to be where we're headed right now anyway. Number four is make America the dominant

Starting point is 00:19:30 energy producer in the world by far. An interesting one, because Biden is already overseeing record oil production, which means getting domestic gas prices down will involve some diplomacy and pressure on foreign sources. Promise number five is stop outsourcing and turn the United States into a manufacturing superpower. This is arguably Trump's most popular political position, so no surprise to see it here. It's so popular that Biden has basically adopted it. Promise number six is large tax cuts for workers and no tax on tips. The no tax on tips is brilliant working class messaging, and it's a pretty solid way to get more money to service workers. Honestly, it's kind of shocking

Starting point is 00:20:11 nobody else has made this a centerpiece of their plans before, so it's definitely cool to see Trump doing that here. Number seven is defend our constitution, our bill of rights, and our fundamental freedoms, including freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the right to keep and bear arms. Nothing new here, mostly just some sloganeering, but not many people are going to object to any of these except maybe the focus on the right to bear arms. Number eight is prevent World War III, restore peace in Europe and in the Middle East, and build a great Iron Dome missile defense shield over our entire country, all made in America. Okay, Trump has become very interested in Israel's Iron Dome system. He tends to get kind of fixated on things like this, and he's been promising an American version for months. It's interesting to see it in writing and interesting to see it in

Starting point is 00:21:02 the party platform, though I think for a country over 400 times the size of Israel, it's pretty unrealistic. I also think it would probably be unrealistic that all of that gets made in America, given how much of our weapons manufacturing we outsource. So don't really buy this one as something that's going to happen, but interesting to see it here. Promise number nine is to end the weaponization of government against the American people. This is a not-so-subtle call-out to January 6th defendants and Trump's own legal troubles. Promise number 10 is to stop the migrant crime epidemic, demolish the foreign drug cartels, crush gang violence, and lock up violent offenders. Very similar to the first couple

Starting point is 00:21:43 promises, which center on immigration with a fear-based posture. This is probably the biggest difference between the two parties right now. Worth stating, there is not a migrant crime epidemic. Promise number 11 is to rebuild our cities, including Washington, D.C., making them safe, clean, and beautiful again. A dig at D.C., which, you know, that is classic Trump, but also kind of weird. I mean, this is something you might find in a Democratic Party platform, which I thought was pretty interesting. Promise number 12 is to strengthen and modernize our military, making it without question the strongest and most powerful in the world. This is true today. Nothing in this platform says what Trump would do differently in 2024 than any of the last few presidents who all continuously pour money into our military. Number 13 is to keep the U.S. dollar

Starting point is 00:22:31 as the world's reserve currency. Probably not an issue ordinary Americans are worried about, but there are fears about this changing. I presume Trump is speaking to the business class here. Promise 14 is to fight for and protect Social Security and Medicare with no cuts, including no changes to the retirement age. This promise is one of the most notable and also the most frustrating, as any commitment not to adjust or reform Social Security and Medicare will ensure that they collapse. Promise 15 is to cancel the electric vehicle mandate and cut costly and burdensome regulations. Trump is currently courting the endorsement of automaker unions, and there's no doubt who this promise is for. Number 16 is to cut federal funding for any school pushing

Starting point is 00:23:17 critical race theory, radical gender ideology, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content on our children. So I think this problem is vastly overstated, and I'm unconvinced it's a winning political issue see Ron DeSantis' failed presidential campaign, but it is not surprising to see it here. Number 17 is to keep men out of women's sports, basically the same as number 16. I see this as pure culture war fodder for a small part of the electorate. It's jarring to see it in a party platform as a top 20 issue, though maybe there are a lot of Americans out there who feel like this is a top 20 issue. Number 18 is to deport pro-Hamas radicals and make our college campuses safe and patriotic again. For many of the lefty

Starting point is 00:24:02 pro-Palestine protesters who are promising not to vote for Biden, this point might serve as a reminder about their alternative. Promise number 19 is to secure our elections, including same-day voting, voter identification, paper ballots, and proof of citizenship. I'm all for securing elections, support the use of paper ballots, and I've changed my mind about voter identification, but same-day voting limits access, such as the ability for deployed service members to vote, and proof of citizenship is really not necessary since it's already illegal to vote as a non-citizen. So this is half good, half nonsense. And number 20 is to unite our country by bringing it to new and record levels of success, which, you know, no argument for me there. So all of these promises are very Trumpian, big, bold ideas that are in many cases widely

Starting point is 00:24:53 supported by the vast majority of Americans, but are also obviously vague, in some cases not realistic, and very strong man in their attitude, like promising to punish protesters and conduct mass deportations. The ten chapters that comprised the meat of the party platform were more substantive, and I thought they were mostly strong. Putting aside immigration and promises to keep all foreign Christian-hating communists, Marxists, and socialists out of America—this is already a thing, by the way, we already have laws that keep people out based on ideology—the rest of the platform includes a lot of things I really like. It calls for an embrace This is already a thing, by the way. We already have laws that keep people out based on ideology. The rest of the platform includes a lot of things I really like. It calls for an embrace of nuclear energy, prioritizes reducing federal waste, and speaks positively about embracing emerging

Starting point is 00:25:35 technologies like AI or cryptocurrency. Other elements of the platform actually sound exactly like Democratic Party priorities, something that other writers also noticed. The most notable is the move toward the Center on Abortion, which many of the writers above covered. The platform explicitly supports birth control and IVF and abandons a call for federal abortion restrictions. But it also calls for increasing housing affordability by streamlining permitting for new construction, making affordable education more available, and quote-unquote saving the American auto industry. Economist Noah Smith called those positions very Clintonian, which I thought was a good way to put it. The platform also has its obvious glaring issues. Trump's trade crackdown would make inflation worse, yet he sticks to it

Starting point is 00:26:20 despite prioritizing the reduction of inflation. There is no plan for addressing Social Security and Medicare, even though House Republicans and Democrats have proposals on the table. And there's far too much culture war fluff. Perhaps ironically, Biden is already acting on many of the GOP proposals, like boosting energy supply, expanding the child tax credit, which Biden and congressional Democrats tried to do but were stopped by Republicans, and increasing educational opportunities outside of traditional four-year colleges. In one sense, it's great that we have bipartisan consensus about how to address big issues. In another sense, it's incredibly frustrating because if Republicans and Democrats have the same ideas to address these same big issues, they could be acting on them right now. Overall, I was pretty

Starting point is 00:27:05 surprised to see how much closer on paper Republicans and Democrats are getting on so many major issues our country is facing. A lot of people focus on the softening of abortion language, which is a story about the way Trump views politics and his lack of a consistent ideology on the issue. But to me, the real story is just how much attention both parties are now giving to lower and middle income voters, and just how similar so many of their policies are becoming. We'll be right back after this quick break. Can trees help us grow more resilient to climate change? At the University of British Columbia, we believe that they can.

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Starting point is 00:28:25 Willis begins to unravel a criminal web, his family's buried history, and what it feels like to be in the spotlight. Interior Chinatown is streaming November 19th, only on Disney+. From Searchlight Pictures comes A Real Pain, one of the most moving and funny films of the year. Written and directed by Oscar-nominated Jesse Eisenberg

Starting point is 00:28:43 and starring Eisenberg and Emmy Award winner Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain is a comedy about mismatched cousins who reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. A Real Pain was one of the buzziest titles at Sundance Film Festival this year, garnering rave reviews and acclaim from both critics and audiences alike. See A Real Pain only in theaters November 15th. All right, that is it for my take. We're skipping today's reader question because I spent a lot of time analyzing the party platform, which I spent a lot of time analyzing the

Starting point is 00:29:25 party platform, which took up a lot of space. So I'm going to send it back to John for the rest of the pod, and I'll see you guys tomorrow. Keep your ears out for a big announcement. See you then. Thanks, Isaac. Here's your under the radar story for today, folks. For the second consecutive month, wind power generated more electricity than coal in the United States, according to the Energy Information Administration. Wind production first exceeded coal in April of last year, but the triumph was brief and slight. This year, wind is pacing well ahead of coal, while natural gas remains by far the largest producer of electricity. Wind, solar, hydroelectric, and nuclear power made up 21% of electricity in the United States last year. Sherwood News has the latest data, and you can check that out in the link in today's episode description.

Starting point is 00:30:18 All right, next up is our numbers section. The reported vote in the RNC platform committee to pass the 2024 GOP platform was 84 to 18, according to the New York Times. The number of times the word abortion appears in the 2024 GOP platform is one. The number of times the word abortion appeared in the 2016 GOP platform is 35. The number of times the word Trump appears in the 2024 GOP platform is 19. The number of times the word Trump appeared in the 2016 GOP platform was 0. The number of times the word debt appears in the 2024 GOP platform is 0. The number of times the word debt appeared in the 2016 GOP platform was 12. The number of times the word illegal appears in reference to immigration in the 2024 GOP platform is 14,

Starting point is 00:31:05 and the number of times the word illegal appeared in reference to immigration in the 2016 GOP platform was 8. All right, and last but not least, our Have a Nice Day section. Bloomberg Philanthropies, an organization established by billionaire Mike Bloomberg, recently made a $1 billion donation to Johns Hopkins University. The funds will go towards tuition and living expenses for medical students, as well as towards financial aid for students studying in other health-related fields. Bloomberg had previously donated $1.8 billion to ensure Johns Hopkins' admissions process would not take into account students' financial aid needs.

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