The Republican party has decided to cut a few corners and resort to a political version of re-submitting an old paper and hoping the teacher won’t notice:
The Republican National Committee’s executive panel voted Wednesday night to scale back its 2020 convention proceedings in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Perhaps as interestingly, it also voted to make no changes to its 2016 party platform ahead of the 2020 election….
There might be a few problems, however. Perusing the new/old platform reveals a few statements they probably wish they’d edited or omitted:
"The huge increase in the national debt demanded by and incurred during the current Administration has placed a significant burden on future generations."
"The current Administration has exceeded its constitutional authority, brazenly and flagrantly violated the separation of powers, sought to divide America into groups and turn citizen against citizen."
"The current Administration has abandoned America's friends and rewarded its enemies."
"The President has refused to defend or enforce laws he does not like, used executive orders to enact national policies in areas constitutionally reserved solely to Congress, made unconstitutional ‘recess' appointments to Senate-confirmed positions, directed regulatory agencies to overstep their statutory authority, and failed to consult Congress regarding military action overseas."
"The current President and his allies on Capitol Hill have used those agencies as a superlegislature, disregarding the separation of powers, to declare as law what they could not push through the Congress."
““We call for an objective review of the impact on readiness of the current Administration’s ideology-based personnel policies, and will correct problems with appropriate administrative, legal, or legislative action.”
Never have I seen more prefect illustrations of Michael Kinsley’s definition of “gaffe” (accidentally telling the truth).