Posted on 07/09/2024 2:31:47 PM PDT by DFG
U.S. — With campaigning for November's elections running at full speed and polls showing GOP candidates building sizeable leads, the Republican Party rushed to implement an emergency platform change after seeing how close they were to winning a landslide victory.
Struggles on the Democratic side of the ticket, including the growing scandal surrounding President Joe Biden's cognitive ability, led to Republicans gaining tremendous momentum in recent weeks, causing leaders to shift gears and push for changes to the GOP platform in hopes of avoiding any decisive wins in November.
"We were just getting way too close to winning big," said Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley. "Some of these recent polls really got us spooked and concerned that we might actually run away with this thing, so we knew we had to take drastic steps to avoid steamrolling our competition. These changes to our platform should help frustrate, anger, and alienate enough of our loyal voters to make the races a lot closer."
The updated GOP platform included changes or outright omissions of longstanding Republican stances on abortion and traditional marriage, giving the party the negative reaction it was looking for from lifelong GOP voters. "Thankfully, there's been some good backlash," Whatley said. "With any luck, we'll see our leads start shrinking as we head into the home stretch of these campaigns. We don't want to do anything that might put us at risk of ensuring total victory."
At publishing time, Republican insiders revealed the party was also preparing to abandon other foundational values on issues like immigration, taxes, election security, and the 2nd Amendment to make sure they don't receive too many votes in November.
The MISTAKE was allowing the debate to take place so early. No excuse for that.
When did the Babylon Bee quit being a satire organization?
Not a satire this time.
“We were just getting way too close to winning big,”
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WAY too close to the truth.
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When it hung it’s shingle.
lol.
like... “Oh Crap!... we are gonna win!!!... What do we do??? How do we once again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory???
FKG BEE!
I honestly saw this as an actual headline at first glance.
Yup...just let Lindsey Graham come out with a new abortion stance that he doesn’t even really mean. That should do the trick!
Truer words...
The MISTAKE was allowing the debate to take place so early.“
Many of us agree. Trump had leverage he could have negotiated a later date. He let build in an escape hatch. It’s done so no point bitching about it but you are right.
The MISTAKE was allowing the debate to take place so early. No excuse for that.
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Really?
You really believe that exposing Biden is a mistake.... Good God! How do we ever win anything with this mentality?
Without the debate the democrats wouldn’t be in their current pickle.
And it only took three posts for someone to say exactly what I was thinking.
ABORTION IS A STATE ISSUE. Rol)ing back Roe v. Wade was part of rolling back the monster fedeal government.
“It’s done so no point bitching about it...”
Agree, but first I don’t agree with the Bee on this one - Trump has a proven record and has done as good a job on conservative issues, considering his main enemies (the Democrats, the Media, American ‘Education (think Barrett and Gorsuch, to some extent)’, and the Neocons). No need for giving the dems something more to hang around his neck.
“You really believe that exposing Biden is a mistake.... Good God!”
Did you read my post...completely, particularly the two words: “so early”?
Many of us agree. Trump had leverage he could have negotiated a later date. He let build in an escape hatch. It’s done so no point bitching about it but you are right.
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Wrong.
If Trump doesn’t take the ‘tee’ they provided on June 27th, we don’t have the democrats in disarray narrative that is going on today.
I’m glad Trump doesn’t go to Free Republic for advice, this place is insufferable.
Looks are deceiving...
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