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    The Platform the GOP Is Too Scared to Publish

    What the Republican Party actually stands for, in 13 points
    by David Frum Aug 25, 2020 4 minutes
    Source: Shutterstock / Paul Spella / The Atlantic

    Republicans have decided not to publish a party platform for 2020.

    This omission has led some to conclude that the GOP lacks ideas, that it stands for nothing, that it has shriveled to little more than a Trump cult.

    This conclusion is wrong. The Republican Party of 2020 has lots of ideas. I’m about to list 13 ideas that command almost universal assent within the Trump administration, within the Republican caucuses of the U.S. House and Senate, among governors and state legislators, on Fox News, and among rank-and-file Republicans.

    Once you read the list, I think you’ll agree that these are authentic ideas with meaningful policy

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