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Va Lefty

(6,252 posts) Thu Jun 21, 2018, 01:35 PM Jun 2018

gop platform in a nutshell

-Gut safety net for the elderly and the poor (food stamps, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security etc.)
-Block ANY gun restrictions on sales or ownership
-Deny people health care
-Deny minorities the right to vote
-Enact tax cuts for billionaires
-Restrict rights of the LGBT community
-Deny/block any discussion/measures to address climate change
-Blame Media/Dems when afore mentioned policies create problems

What did I miss?

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gop platform in a nutshell (Original Post) Va Lefty Jun 2018 OP

Force women to become slaves to the fetus. CrispyQ Jun 2018 #1

Hell yes. Restrict female access to birth control/abortion Va Lefty Jun 2018 #3

We're just so damned use to it. CrispyQ Jun 2018 #5

Fear the liberal. Fear the Muslim. Fear the refugee. Fear the GLBTQ. Black lives don't matter. ck4829 Jun 2018 #2

Privatize everything vlyons Jun 2018 #4

We'll even privatize your government. CrispyQ Jun 2018 #6

If you can convince one side that they're more patriotic than the other guy... Initech Jun 2018 #7

CrispyQ

(36,574 posts)

1. Force women to become slaves to the fetus.

Reply to Va Lefty (Original post)

Thu Jun 21, 2018, 01:37 PM

Jun 2018

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)

3. Hell yes. Restrict female access to birth control/abortion

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 21, 2018, 01:40 PM

Jun 2018

can't believe I left that of the list.

CrispyQ

(36,574 posts)

5. We're just so damned use to it.

Reply to Va Lefty (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 21, 2018, 01:42 PM

Jun 2018

ck4829

(35,097 posts)

2. Fear the liberal. Fear the Muslim. Fear the refugee. Fear the GLBTQ. Black lives don't matter.

Reply to Va Lefty (Original post)

Thu Jun 21, 2018, 01:39 PM

Jun 2018

Women need to be second class citizens.

But die for the rich white man.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)

4. Privatize everything

Reply to Va Lefty (Original post)

Thu Jun 21, 2018, 01:40 PM

Jun 2018

Sell off the national parks
Sell off the post office
Abolish the EPA, Labor, and HHS
Build more military
Bomb Iran

CrispyQ

(36,574 posts)

6. We'll even privatize your government.

Reply to vlyons (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 21, 2018, 01:44 PM

Jun 2018

That was the end game all along. And people not only fell for it, they voted for it.

Initech

(100,152 posts)

7. If you can convince one side that they're more patriotic than the other guy...

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 21, 2018, 02:00 PM

Jun 2018

You can get away with pretty much anything. That's why they keep bringing out flags and Bibles and cheap slogans. The "patriots" are really people who are just distracted by shiny objects.

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