You're telling me the RNC resolved to have no platform at the convention??

[nolabear]

Apparently this is an actual RNC resolution out of the convention. Not only is it so petty and fake-news-whiney that the GOP should hide its head in shame, but it flat out says they have no plan other than to follow 45’s plan. If anyone can confirm or deny I’d appreciate it, because...damn. 😳

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[tanyev]

1. Cult.

[malaise]

2. They are not taking blame for what's coming

[nolabear]

7. I'd love to be a fly on the walls in Charlotte right now.

“I’m not committing, you commit.”

“I’M not committing!”

“Let’s try Mikey!”

[Blue Owl]

12. Mikey Pence, right?

He likes it! Mikey likes it!

[PJMcK]

3. Well, Trump doesn't have a second term plan either

He was asked in a r4ecent inter view about his plans and he gave his usual iceberg lettuce word salad of nothingness.

Why would the GOP be any different?

[lapfog_1]

4. When you have a wannabe dictator

who makes it up on the spur of the moment by sort of half listening to the last person who talked to him or some segment he saw on Faux or OAN...

why have any platform at all?

[sarcasmo]

5. The Trump platform is the platform.

[sandensea]

6. Well, here it is:

[Iliyah]

8. shithole is the convention . . .

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. Trump: Me.Me.Me.Me.Me.Me.Me.Me.Me.Me.Me.Me.Me.Me.Me.Me.

That was easy.

[The Genealogist]

10. So in other words, more of the same

Anoher four years of fascism.

[Blue Owl]

11. Donny's gold toilet is his platform

n/t

[MerryBlooms]

13. Cowards.

[BigmanPigman]

14. tRump's "plan" is Q-Anon's/GOP's,/Fux Ruse's plan.

Q-Anon is calling the shots and Fux and the GOP are parroting them.

[WePurrsevere]

15. According to Ballotpedia they're just using the 2016 one...

With names and dates changed so basically it's more SSDD.

https://ballotpedia.org/The_Republican_Party_Platform,_2020

[RockRaven]

16. Originally wasn't the platform just going to be re-adopting the 2016 one, but then

they got laughed at because the 2016 one was full of references to "the failed current administration" and the like?

Someone please tell me I didn't hallucinate seeing a bunch of snarky tweets and DU posts on that topic.

[Renew Deal]

17. This so perfectly embodies the modern Republican party.

No ideas. Too lazy to figure things out. No understanding of collaboration tools. They are a joke.

[SeattleVet]

18. This is hilarious!

May be one of the biggest self-owns in history!

If they are adjourning without adopting a new platform, doesn't it mean that their existing platform from 2016 remains in effect? This resolution doesn't make that clear, but I believe that their own rules mean that they have to keep the 2016 platform - which has several dozen sections where they condemn "the current president".

The final sentence reads:

"RESOLVED, That any motion to amend the 2016 Platform or to adopt a new platform, including any motion to suspend the procedures that will allow doing so, will be ruled out of order."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/us/politics/republican-platform.html

The Republican National Committee’s 2020 platform document describes in detail how terrible the “current president” and “current administration” are. The party apparently copied and pasted the same language it adopted during its 2016 convention, when the “current chief executive” so despised was Barack Obama. Despite the mistakes, some Republicans are happy with the rollover from 2016. Melody Potter, who sat on the RNC’s platform committee, told The New York Times, “The 2016 platform is the best one we’ve had in 40 years, so I’m fine with renewing it and extending it to 2024.” The RNC copied its 2016 predecessor because President Trump decided to relocate the Republican National Convention from North Carolina after clashes with the state’s governor over coronavirus precautions, so delegates won’t convene to determine a new platform.

“The survival of the internet as we know it is at risk,” the platform reads. “Its gravest peril originates in the White House, the current occupant of which has launched a campaign, both at home and internationally, to subjugate it to agents of government.”

The warning about speech online is one of more than three dozen unflattering references to either the “current president,” “current chief executive,” “current administration,” people “currently in control” of policy, or the “current occupant” of the White House that appear in the Republican platform. Adopted at the party’s 2016 convention, it has been carried over through 2024 after the executive committee of the Republican National Committee on Wednesday chose not to adopt a new platform for 2020.

The platform censures the “current” president — who in 2016 was, of course, Barack Obama — and his administration for, among other things, imposing “a social and cultural revolution,” causing a “huge increase in the national debt” and damaging relationships with international partners.

[nolabear]

27. The buffoonery...

[struggle4progress]

19. "We don't really stand for anything but Trump"

[louis-t]

20. They figure he'd just screw it up so, why bother?

[Frustratedlady]

21. You'll see the 2020 Republican platform like you saw the Republican Healthcare Bill.

They said they won't have a platform, this year, but will have one in 2024.

Ivanka will probably write that one up, since she's in line to run for POTUS. She is presently in training.

[EleanorR]

22. from an expert on authoritarians and fascism-

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[C_U_L8R]

23. Obsequious and lazy.

Bootlickers and Lickspittles.

[Yavin4]

24. This is why bi-partisanship with Republicans is a dumb strategy to pursue.

They're literally telling the world that they have no plans or platform.

[Sneederbunk]

25. Remember when Manafort gutted US anti-Russian stance in Ukraine in 2016 platform?

[Gothmog]

26. The @gop has given in to the cult of personality of @realDonaldTrump .

Link to tweet

[nolabear]

28. Every damned Republican in office should be voted out. This is disgusting.

[Initech]

29. That's a bold strategy!

[lastlib]

30. Makes sense. They're bereft of ideas.

Tax cuts for billionaires has LOONNNG since worn out its welcome. On health-care, GOPeeDon'tCare don't fly. Smashing unions hasn't made 'em any new friends. Cutting education to keep people stupid has left people too stupid to read a platform anyway. What else have they got? God? tRump himself pretty well smashed that one.

[moondust]

31. "We demand all the money and power"

might not go over well with some voters?

[gratuitous]

32. Just last week, Republicans were complaining about Biden

The analysis I saw (CNN?), the Republican analyst complained the Biden's acceptance speech on Thursday just talked about principles without going heavily into details. One of the other panelists said Biden wasn't just going to read the Democratic platform. If you want to know the details behind the principles, read the platform.

I wonder what the Republican explanation for their lack of platform is going to be? I mean, other than "We are so petrified of Trump, we don't dare say anything that might upset him."