While Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were campaigning together in New Hampshire in celebration of the most inclusive, progressive platform in Democratic Party history, Republicans on the RNC’s platform committee were making deliberate strides in the opposite direction.
Attempting to make the GOP platform more inclusive, a delegate proposes inserting a “vow to embrace every American who will stand w us."
— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) July 12, 2016
This was rejected.
— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) July 12, 2016
Added to GOP platform: Obama admin’s spending "has focused on significantly expanding govt spending & benefits for its preferred groups.”
— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) July 12, 2016
Platform committee changes “illegal immigrant” to “illegal alien,” debates 5yr min sentence for reentry after deportation.
— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) July 12, 2016
Platform committee members did us the favor of making these decisions in chronological order, facilitating the following presentation of the forthcoming GOP agenda as a play in one act.
Reince Priebus: Shall we try more inclusion?
Republican platform committee: How about we try the opposite of that instead?
Reince Priebus: Sounds terrific!
[EXEUNT]
Thanks to Molly Ball of The Atlantic for her live updates.