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Related: About this forumTexas Republicans Finally Release Embarrassing Party Platform
Today the Republican Party of Texas finally released their party platform, and its worse than we thought. We can see why some Republicans are embarrassed by what this platform stands for.
The Delegates have spoken. The heart of the Texas Solution has been removed. Be careful what you wish for . . . #TxLege
Jason Villalba (@JasonVillalba) June 7, 2014
Republicans will harm Texas families and shut down our economy by enforcing this platform. And the platform states every Republican is responsible for implementing this entire platform
Here are some of the worst things Texas Republicans are responsible for:
Claiming reparative therapy is effective and can heal Texans of their homosexual lifestyle
Denying LGBTQ parents the right to adopt or marry
Denying a womans right to choose, even in the case of rape or incest
Calling for the reduction of funds to all levels of Texas education
The repeal of the Voting Rights Act and opposing nondiscrimination laws to protect all Texans
The repeal of in state tuition for children of immigrants
Leaving no path for citizenship and calling for the deportation of Texas children and families
Repealing the minimum wage for Texas workers
Stating there is no conclusive evidence of climate change
Making it more difficult to register to vote
Simply put, this platform is disgusting. It does not show any interest in Texans or share Texas values. This intolerance has no place here in Texas. Texans are better than this.
Thankfully, we have a solution to this problem -- electing more Texas Democrats to local, state and federal office. Help us be a part of the solution, and stop the Texas tea party hijacking common sense government for narrow-minded ideology. RIP GOP.
http://m.txdemocrats.org/blog/the-texas-tea-party-platform
wandy
(3,539 posts)Or put it this way. When I was a kid people used to talk of the horrors of living in a communist country.
Reading this OP, I can hear their voices.
Teapublican democracy, the do it you're self kit to become an Iron Curtain country.
Niceguy1
(2,467 posts)Parliamentary trick according to npr.... a few wackos hijacked the whole thing lol
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Meanwhile the national media will refuse to cover the outlandish agenda of the GOP in America's third most populous state, because they do not have too.