Texas GOP Approves Declaration That Biden Didn't Actually Win, Part Of Extreme Platform
The Texas Republican Party now states as a matter of party platform that Joe Biden did not win the 2020 election, part of an extreme list of new platform items on which party members voted this weekend.
Though the results of the vote are not known for most of the platform items, it’s unusual for delegates to the convention to vote down a measure that was approved by the party’s platform committee.
A spokesperson for the party confirmed that at least two planks in the new platform — falsely referring to Biden’s win as illegitimate, and rebuking Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) for his role in bipartisan gun reform talks — were approved by a voice vote of delegates. “The Texas Republican Party is raising record funds for election integrity,” a statement on the party’s website bragged.
The rest of the platform — which again, will likely be approved by convention attendees once votes are tallied — includes a declaration that homosexuality is “an abnormal lifestyle choice” and the assertion that “denial of an immutable gender binary” leads to “irreversible physical mutilation.”
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