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"Great American Families, Education, Healthcare, and Criminal Justice"

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Republican National Committee Chairman

Reince Priebus

Chairman

Senator John Barrasso

Co-Chairs

Governor Mary Fallin Representative Virginia Foxx

Subcommittee Co-Chairs

Restoring the American Dream

Joe Gruters Delbert Hosemann Andy Puzder

A Rebirth of Constitutional Government

Rayna Casey Kathy Kiernan Leslie Rutledge

America’s Natural Resources: Agriculture, Energy, and the EnvironmentKelly Armstrong
Victor Sprouse

Government Reform

Tom Schriebel Russ Walker

Great American Families, Education, Healthcare, and Criminal JusticeCarolyn McLarty
Patricia Longo

America Resurgent

Jim Carns Ron Rabin Steve Yates

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President

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Quote From Opening of Party Platform Document

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Quote From Opening of Party Platform Document

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"We dedicate this platform with admiration and gratitude
To all who stand strong in the face of danger
So that the American people may be protected against it — The men and women of our military,
of our law enforcement, and the first responders
of every community in our land —
And to their families."

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Vice President

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"Making the government work for the people.", Balanced Budget, Preserving Medicare and Medicaid, Saving Social Security, Immigration and the Rule of Law, Protecting Internet Freedom, Reforming the Treaty System

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Supporting Our Troops: Resources to do Their Job, Standing by Our Heroes, National Guard and Reserves, Honoring and Supporting Our Veterans: A Sacred Obligation

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Agriculture, Energy, and the Environment

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Rebuilding the Economy and Creating Jobs, Fair and Simple Taxes for Growth, A Winning Trade Policy, A Competitive America, Freeing Financial Markets, Responsible Homeownership and Rental Opportunities, Building the Future: America’s Electric Grid

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Decision Making is with the people!

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"Based on these principles, this platform is an invitation and a roadmap. It invites every American to join us and shows the path to a stronger, safer, and more prosperous America."

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Political and Economic Freedom
Strong Economy

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"limited government, separation of powers, federalism, and the rights of the people..."

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"We denounce bigotry, racism, anti-Semitism, ethnic prejudice, and religious intolerance." I think that Trump needs to read his own parties statements on this. Trump is very use to getting his way and it's very evident in his Tweets, and posts. I think that he is a smart man, however his Tweets and posts make him look very stupid and childish. He is our leader and needs to show leadership skills and self control. He could be a great President if he would just control him self and stop with the name calling and hate.

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The one thing that stood out to me because of my background was the statements that the Republican party kept mentioning over and over again about the power of the people, limited government, and peoples rights. I think that in fact the government just
keeps infringing on our rights and in fact keeps creating more government oversight instead of "limited government".

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Our Constitution is our "covenant". Rebirth of Constitutional Government

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America is "first as refuge, then as defender, and now as exemplar of liberty for the world to see".

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The First Amendment: Religious Liberty
I really felt that they are trying to uphold religious liberty.  I liked that they are standing up for our religious rights to practice what we believe in our every day lives.

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"The Constitution’s guarantee that no one can “be deprived of life, liberty or property” deliberately echoes the Declaration of Independence’s proclamation that “all” are “endowed by their Creator” with the inalienable right to life. Accordingly, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to children before birth."
I do not agree with abortion. But I do think that we should protect these rights and not let government infringe upon what women are allowed to do with their bodies. I do think that after a certain time abortions should not be performed, but to take that right away from women is wrong and will lead to harm being done.

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2016 Republican National Convention

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Ok so I will admit that this is the first part platform that I have ever read. I found it very interesting that you could find what the party running stands for. Now wether or not they are telling the truth is another issue all together, however going to one document from that party and not someone else's opinions was great! I think that I will read the platforms documents in the next election to see where they stand. I really didn't even know that these existed before this class.

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"We also affirm the wisdom of President George Washington’s warning to avoid foreign entanglements and unnecessary alliances." I think that alliances are very necessary, however I also think that the President is also in bed more and we know with foreign affairs.  He will turn out better in the long run because of these alliances as he's a huge business man.

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"Because our farmers and ranchers care for the land, the United States does not depend on foreign imports for sustenance." I do think that we should rely more on American made and produced products more than we do. I think that we should be able to survive with out foreign imports.

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The Second Amendment:
Our Right to Keep and Bear Arms
I think that it is our right to protect ourselves and our families.  The second amendment allows for this.  Guns don't kill people, people kill people.  I think that preserving our right to bear arms is a very important right to protect.

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The way the committee is set up for the party platforms to submit their draft is the following. A small group presents a draft to the full committee of 112 delegates. Then the delegates, 2 from each state, vote and bring up issues and changes they would like to see. Everyone votes and this creates the parties platform that they will stand for. I really appreciated this and thought that this way of representing the party really worked well. I think that this would represent the majority, and let people know what that group stood for.

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I really love that the Republican party wants to restore the government back to the people. I think that things are way to regulated, and government oversight has spiraled out of control. I really loved how they wanted to take our judicial system back to following the law and NOT what the judge thinks is right. Restoring people's freedoms and rights is very important to me as I think that our rights and freedoms have been greatly disturbed.

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Over all the party did a very good job in laying out before the people what they stood for and some of their plan on how to achieve that.  The processes on achieving this were in line with what we have learned so far. I feel that my understand of the Party Platforms are much better than before in really researching the how and why these are even held. These are not the battle grounds of the past these are to show unity and present a clear direction for what the presidential candidate will run on.

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One part that I would have liked to see the wording a little different on was the topic of marriage.  They really relayed the message that children are able to be raised better by a man and woman, and implied that the kids turn out better.  Well I'm a single mother of 1 daughter and I'm here to tell you that even though I do feel a mother and father would be the best, my daughter has not suffered one bit being my daughter.  I think that this disturbed or would frustrate a lot of families in our society.

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I think that having these platforms ar a good thing because we are able to read and see what the majority of the party stands for. I think that the majority of citizens today have not ever read any of the party platforms documents that are released. I think that in todays society we want to be spoon fed information.  However as we talked about before this is very dangerous as this is someone else's opinion of the situation.