As polls show the race is tightening in swing states, and House Speaker Paul Ryan says he will run again for that post, it’s worth revisiting the Republican Party platform—its wish list—for what a GOP-led Congress and Donald Trump would like to impose on America. Before Trump turned the Republican nominating contest into a battle of boasts and bullying, right-wing extremists had dominated the party. Their platform, not surprisingly, goes even further to the right than what’s even been heard from Trump as he promises to build a wall along the Mexican border and embrace the religious right’s long-held tenets opposing abortion, LGBT rights and more.
The GOP 2016 platform would make Christianity the official American religion, English the official American language, replace sex education with abstinence-only advice for teenagers, privatize almost all areas of federal services, cut taxes and regulations for the rich and titans of industry, and impose a belligerent foreign policy and military build-up.
Here are 50 excerpts from the 2016 GOP platform....
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/50-far-right-wing-proposals-2016-gop-platform-would-be-trumps-desk-if-elected
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