Former President Donald Trump has entered the fall election as the architect of the biggest tent Republicans have run with in decades.
“This election should be about the issues facing our country and how to make America successful, safe, free, and great again,” Trump said Thursday night. “In an age when our politics too often divide us, now is the time to remember that we are all fellow citizens — we are one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty, and justice for all.”
The former president’s historic speech capped off an even more historic week for the GOP, whose celebrity convention speakers ranged from Amber Rose to Kid Rock as the party forged a colossal coalition to finally crack the Democrats’ monopoly on “inclusiveness” this election.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) opened the four days of events by adopting a reformed party platform that removes explicit endorsements of traditional marriage and includes a statement that leaves abortion policy up to the states. The new platform delegates passed calls for an end to the “Left-wing Gender Insanity” that includes biological men competing as women in competitive sports and child transgender treatments, both of which are overwhelmingly opposed by most Americans.
The novel platform also toned down the party’s opposition to abortion, moving from support for a federal ban to support for states to decide the limits on their own in the aftermath of Roe v. Wade’s reversal.
“We will oppose Late Term Abortion, while supporting mothers and policies that advance
