{"id":113,"date":"2024-08-16T04:08:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T21:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sandvote.org\/?page_id=113"},"modified":"2024-08-21T04:18:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T21:18:26","slug":"project-47","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sandvote.org\/?page_id=113","title":{"rendered":"The Republican Platform Translated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The <a href=\"#fs\">FactSheet below <\/a>presents a selection of key points from the Republican Platform, translated into plain English. Following the FactSheet are <a href=\"#links\">links to informative articles regarding Agenda 47<\/a>, Trump&#8217;s own &#8220;platform.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"up\">Background<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Republican Platform for 2024 uses Trumpian language and ideas from Project 2025. These ideas range from extending the 2017 tax cuts for the rich, to enacting mass deportation of undocumented workers, to restricting voting rights, to giving preferential treatment to one religion, to eliminating laws that protect our environment, health, and safety&#8211;and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Republican Platform is filled with lies, distortions, and puffy meaningless statements you&#8217;d get marked down for in freshman composition, as well as bizarre capitalization and rambling syntax. Fortunately, it&#8217;s short\u2014less than a third the length of a typical party platform statement. But apart from the Trumpian word salad, nearly everything in the Platform appears in the Project 2025 report, <em>Mandate for Leadership<\/em><sup data-fn=\"eccd980c-5f53-41cc-bd83-6c1acfc7f313\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#eccd980c-5f53-41cc-bd83-6c1acfc7f313\" id=\"eccd980c-5f53-41cc-bd83-6c1acfc7f313-link\">1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fs\">The Republican Platform Translated, FactSheet<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Please share this FactSheet, either as a JPG on social media or as a print-out. Right click to select and save this JPG. Or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandvote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Republican2024PlatformFactSheet.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">download a printable PDF.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandvote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Republican2024PlatformFactSheet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sandvote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Republican2024PlatformFactSheet-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sandvote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Republican2024PlatformFactSheet-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.sandvote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Republican2024PlatformFactSheet-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.sandvote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Republican2024PlatformFactSheet-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sandvote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Republican2024PlatformFactSheet-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.sandvote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Republican2024PlatformFactSheet-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/www.sandvote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Republican2024PlatformFactSheet.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/2024-republican-party-platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the entire Republican Platform for 2024 here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"links\">Agenda 47<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Agenda 47 has elements of the Republican Platform and Project 2025. Learn more about it from these articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agenda_47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Agenda 47<\/em> from Wikipedia<\/a>. &#8220;Agenda 47 (styled by the Trump campaign as Agenda47) is the manifesto of the Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump, which details policies that would be implemented upon his election as the 47th president of the United States. Agenda 47 is a collection of formal policy plans of Donald Trump, many of which would rely on executive orders and significantly expanded executive power. The main critiques of the platform have focused on its increasing climate change, its worsening public health, its legality, its feasibility, the risk of more inflation, and threat of authoritarianism.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alisondurkee\/2024\/07\/18\/what-is-agenda47-what-to-know-about-trumps-policy-agenda-if-elected-as-he-speaks-at-rnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Is Agenda47?<\/a> from Forbe&#8217;s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/07\/17\/trumps-agenda-47-project-2025\/74439445007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump&#8217;s Agenda 47 from USA Today<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#up\">top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes has-small-font-size\"><li id=\"eccd980c-5f53-41cc-bd83-6c1acfc7f313\">The Republican Platform omits Project 2025\u2019s explicit opposition to abortion and its threat to restrict all birth control, apart from \u201cnatural methods\u201d like the rhythm method. Why? Because Republicans know their victory in overturning Roe v Wade is deeply unpopular with the majority of Americans and don&#8217;t want to call attention to their attacks on women\u2019s health care and plans to interfere with every American\u2019s personal family choices. <a href=\"#eccd980c-5f53-41cc-bd83-6c1acfc7f313-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 1\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FactSheet below presents a selection of key points from the Republican Platform, translated into plain English. Following the FactSheet are links to informative articles regarding Agenda 47, Trump&#8217;s own &#8220;platform.&#8221; Background The Republican Platform for 2024 uses Trumpian language and ideas from Project 2025. These ideas range from extending the 2017 tax cuts for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"The Republican Platform omits Project 2025\u2019s explicit opposition to abortion and its threat to restrict all birth control, apart from \u201cnatural methods\u201d like the rhythm method. Why? 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