Donald Trump will define 2024 RNC platform, committee members say

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : "Schreibel concurred, saying, "Trump has gained control of the Republican Party, being the former president.
40% : "And, said Schreibel, because Trump was relatively new to politics in 2016, he had less familiarity with the process, causing him to have "a lot of people at the table" working on plans for transition and the administration.
36% : And at the convention, then-Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort successfully pushed to dilute the platform's support for Ukraine -- a change Trump later said he was neither involved in nor aware of.
31% : The New York Times has reported that a coalition of advocacy groups sent a letter to Trump, asking he "make clear that you do not intend to weaken the pro-life plank.
27% : As recently as a year ago, Trump -- who appointed the conservative justices that enabled the overturning of Roe -- eagerly took credit for the decision, writing in a post on Truth social, "I was able to kill Roe v. Wade."
25% : The third platform leader, Ed Martin, did not have a role in the Trump administration, but he marched to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and has become a prominent figure in the "Stop the Steal" movement advancing the false theory that Trump won the 2020 election.
24% : "Schreibel, Law, and Bopp each made a version of the same point, though: This platform won't be Trump's because Trump has commandeered the platform process -- this platform will be Trump's because Trump has united the party behind him.
21% : This year, Trump may not be able to say the same.
14% : During his debate with President Joe Biden, Trump said he would not block access to the mifepristone abortion pill and stressed that the states should decide the extent of abortion rights, with exceptions for rape, incest, and danger to the life of the mother.

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