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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Jul 16, 2016, 09:40 AM Jul 2016

Why Donald Trump Will Campaign On The Most Conservative Republican Platform In Decades

Teo Armus

The Republican platform may be more conservative than any time in decades, but that wasn’t Donald Trump’s choice.

Evangelical Republicans are celebrating a victory as their party’s platform falls far to the right of its usual stances on key social issues — and even further right than Trump’s more moderate views on things like gay rights and abortion.

This odd discord between the candidate and the platform isn’t yet a sign of resurgent movement conservatism in the GOP, but rather owes itself to an unusually distant approach to policy from the nominee. Rather than pushing his own views onto the platform, as in past elections, Trump’s campaign instead looked to rally the Christian base so he could secure the nomination despite murmurs of mutiny.

Without a strong presence from Trump, social conservative Tony Perkins — who leads the anti-gay, pro-life Family Research Council — was able “to show his hands in dozens of amendments,” the New York Times’ Jeremy Peters reported. Notably, Trump has had a rocky relationship with Perkins and other evangelical political influencers, hundreds of whom met with him at a daylong conference in May to “seek mutual understanding.”

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http://www.nationalmemo.com/why-donald-trump-will-campaign-on-the-most-conservative-republican-platform-in-decades/

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Why Donald Trump Will Campaign On The Most Conservative Republican Platform In Decades (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2016 OP
It's disturbing that he'll do anything to get elected... sarae Jul 2016 #1
Exactly!!! And the hateful deranged people in the US rally to his side. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2016 #2
I'm wondering Zambero Jul 2016 #4
It doesn't make sense to me either. sarae Jul 2016 #7
And by choosing Mike Pence, I would think he's made it that much less likely sarae Jul 2016 #9
Would Evangelical Republicans be happy with a "Christian Saudi-Arabia" in America? Her Sister Jul 2016 #3
Apparently, that is exactly what they want. They are the most unAmerican group and IMO RKP5637 Jul 2016 #5
More or less Zambero Jul 2016 #6
I think it is. sarae Jul 2016 #8
It is the most reactionary platform in decades AgingAmerican Jul 2016 #10

sarae

(3,284 posts)
1. It's disturbing that he'll do anything to get elected...
Sat Jul 16, 2016, 09:52 AM
Jul 2016

partly stemming from his own ignorance on the issues, and partly because he only really cares about higher ratings/more votes.

Zambero

(8,964 posts)
4. I'm wondering
Sat Jul 16, 2016, 10:19 AM
Jul 2016

how distancing himself from the mainstream on settled social issues helps him get more votes or higher ratings? Trump is going along to get along with hard core evangelical, but his overall ceiling of support won't increase as a result. On the other hand, it puts his standing with moderate independent voters in jeopardy, opening him up to attack as capitulating to extreme elements. Trump's overarching ignorance will get the best of him yet.

sarae

(3,284 posts)
7. It doesn't make sense to me either.
Sat Jul 16, 2016, 10:42 AM
Jul 2016

Trump probably thinks it will get him more votes, but I don't see how. Maybe he really fears losing the white evangelical crowd and thinks this is a surefire way to gain their support?

sarae

(3,284 posts)
9. And by choosing Mike Pence, I would think he's made it that much less likely
Sat Jul 16, 2016, 11:39 AM
Jul 2016

that Bernie or Busters would actually go for him.

 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
3. Would Evangelical Republicans be happy with a "Christian Saudi-Arabia" in America?
Sat Jul 16, 2016, 10:19 AM
Jul 2016

Is that what they want?

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)
5. Apparently, that is exactly what they want. They are the most unAmerican group and IMO
Sat Jul 16, 2016, 10:21 AM
Jul 2016

highly dangerous. Their goal is to undermine the US and instill their backward inane beliefs that have been programmed into their little dirty minds. It's the SOS, just different names, religions and places. It's all about authoritarian religious rule over a bunch of dominated people. And religion is just another form of politics and also money for those on the top of the religious heap.

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