Why it matters: The revised platform is likely to preview some of the GOP’s messaging going into the November midterms and 2024 election. It includes resolutions denying that President Biden legitimately won the 2020 election and a call to abolish abortions.
The big picture: Votes on the state’s revised GOP platform are currently being tallied, the Texas Tribunereported.
- If approved, the new party platform would include declaring homosexuality “an abnormal lifestyle choice,” repealing the 16th Amendment that created the federal income tax, and mandating that Texas students “learn about the humanity of the preborn child,” in part by forcing students to listen to ultrasounds of gestating fetuses.
- During the convention, Texas Republicans approved a resolution declaring that President Biden “was not legitimately elected,” per the Tribune.
- Attendees also voted on a measure urging “lawmakers to enact legislation to abolish abortion by immediately securing the right to life and equal proaction of the laws to all preborn children from the moment of fertilization,” per Newsweek.
- The platform also calls for the abolishment of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, opposes efforts to classify carbon dioxide as a pollutant, and supports prayer “being returned to our schools, courthouses, and other government buildings.”