The GOP published its 2024 Platform on Monday, highlighting the party’s stance on key issues one week before the Republican convention in Milwaukee. The new party platform pulls most of its talking points directly from former President Donald Trump, embracing his stances on immigration, foreign policy, and election security while also softening long-held Republican positions on cultural issues like abortion and same-sex marriage.
The 2024 GOP Platform, dedicated to “the Forgotten Men and Women of America,” begins with a preamble entitled “America First: A Return to Common Sense” written in a voice reminiscent of the former president’s.
“Our future, our identity, and our very way of life are under threat like never before,” the document states. “Today we must once again call upon the same American Spirit that led us to prevail through every challenge of the past if we are going to lead our Nation to a brighter future.”
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The document goes on to denounce the “siren song of globalism” that has led to “unfair trade deals,” rampant crime, and unchecked immigration, contrasting Trump’s “America First” policies with an unstable and chaotic Biden administration.
“After nearly four years of the Biden administration, America is now rocked by Raging Inflation, Open Borders, Rampant Crime, Attacks on our Children, and Global Conflict, Chaos, and Instability,” the GOP writes. “Like the Heroes who built and defended this Nation before us, we will never give up. We will restore our Nation of, by, and for the People. We will Make America Great Again.”
In total, the Republican Party lays out 20 promises it plans to fulfill “very quickly” if it successfully retakes the White House and wins a majority in both houses of Congress. These agenda items include:
- SEAL THE BORDER, AND STOP THE MIGRANT INVASION
- CARRY OUT THE LARGEST DEPORTATION OPERATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY
- END INFLATION, AND MAKE AMERICA AFFORDABLE AGAIN
- MAKE AMERICA THE DOMINANT ENERGY PRODUCER IN THE WORLD, BY FAR!
- STOP OUTSOURCING, AND TURN THE UNITED STATES INTO A MANUFACTURING SUPERPOWER
- LARGE TAX CUTS FOR WORKERS, AND NO TAX ON TIPS!
- 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 - PREVENT WORLD WAR THREE, 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 - END THE WEAPONIZATION OF GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
- STOP THE MIGRANT CRIME EPIDEMIC, DEMOLISH THE FOREIGN DRUG CARTELS, CRUSH GANG
VIOLENCE, AND LOCK UP VIOLENT OFFENDERS - REBUILD OUR CITIES, INCLUDING WASHINGTON DC, MAKING THEM SAFE, CLEAN, AND BEAUTIFUL
AGAIN. - STRENGTHEN AND MODERNIZE OUR MILITARY, MAKING IT, WITHOUT QUESTION, THE STRONGEST
AND MOST POWERFUL IN THE WORLD - KEEP THE U.S. DOLLAR AS THE WORLD’S RESERVE CURRENCY
- FIGHT FOR AND PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE WITH NO CUTS, INCLUDING NO
CHANGES TO THE RETIREMENT AGE - CANCEL THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANDATE AND CUT COSTLY AND BURDENSOME REGULATIONS
- CUT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ANY SCHOOL PUSHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY, RADICAL GENDER
IDEOLOGY, AND OTHER INAPPROPRIATE RACIAL, SEXUAL, OR POLITICAL CONTENT ON OUR
CHILDREN - KEEP MEN OUT OF WOMEN’S SPORTS
- DEPORT PRO-HAMAS RADICALS AND MAKE OUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES SAFE AND PATRIOTIC AGAIN
- SECURE OUR ELECTIONS, INCLUDING SAME DAY VOTING, VOTER IDENTIFICATION, PAPER BALLOTS,
AND PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP - UNITE OUR COUNTRY BY BRINGING IT TO NEW AND RECORD LEVELS OF SUCCESS
The remainder of the 16-page document outlines the finer points of many other key Republican agendas, beginning with addressing inflation and runaway consumer prices by restraining federal spending, unleashing the energy sector, and slashing “burdensome regulations.”
Other areas of emphasis include “Sealing the Border and Stopping the Migrant Invasion,” Bringing Back the American Dream And Making It Affordable Again For Families, Young People, And Everyone,” and “Bringing Common Sense to Government and Renewing the Pillars of American Civilization.”
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However, in a surprising change, the GOP’s 20204 Platform significantly softens the party’s stance on abortion, bringing it into alignment with Trump’s personal perspective on the issue. In fact, abortion is only mentioned a single time, prefaced by the promise that “Republicans Will Protect and Defend a Vote of the People, from within the States, on the Issue of Life.”
As the document reads:
We proudly stand for families and Life. We believe that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees that no person can be denied Life or Liberty without Due Process, and that the States are, therefore, free to pass Laws protecting those Rights. After 51 years, because of us, that power has been given to the States and to a vote of the People. We will oppose Late Term Abortion, while supporting mothers and policies that advance Prenatal Care, access to Birth Control, and IVF (fertility treatments).
Following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, the abortion debate was kicked back to the states to decide on an individual basis. Trump’s stance on this issue in 2020 marked a significant change from the past Republican position, which supported a federal ban, as well as his own statements on the subject during his 2016 campaign.
Abortion also does not number among the 20 promises listed at the beginning of the platform document.
The latest draft of the platform also removes language added in 2016 to condemn the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. The new section does not address the subject at all.
“Republicans will promote a culture that values the sanctity of marriage, the blessings of childhood, and the foundational role of families, and supports working parents,” it says instead. “We will end policies that punish families.”
The 2024 Republican National Convention begins on Monday, July 15 in Milwaukee. In addition to Trump becoming the official party nominee, the event will also see the former President name his new running mate.
The full 2024 Platform for the Republican Party can be read below.
Connor Walcott is a staff writer for Valuetainment.com. Follow Connor on X and look for him on VT’s “The Unusual Suspects.”
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