The dangerous ways in which Trump remade the Republican party

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : He adds: "The central appeal of Trump is a populist appeal.
57% : Reports suggest Florida governor Ron DeSantis, another primary challenger, might get a speaking slot, but primarily because he could be useful to Trump in terms of fundraising.
52% : "Trump has done much more to make the party and its messaging about him personally.
48% : In addition to the fast-tracking of the convention platform, Trump has been quick to clamp down on anything he sees as dissent.
43% : "Trump does dominate the Republican Party in a way, I don't know I've seen before," Matt Mackowiak, a GOP strategist based in Washington DC and Texas, tells .
40% : Now they're gone, replaced only by Trump and the Maga-styled platform he approved, a Republican National Committee (RNC) co-chaired by his daughter-in-law and Republicans on Capitol Hill who have repeatedly backed and enabled him, despite the riot of 6 January, despite the multiple legal charges, and despite polls showing 70 per cent of Americans would prefer to avoid a rematch between Trump and Biden.
40% : Many fear this will simply embolden Trump to be more extreme and reckless if elected to a second term.
38% : Details of the top speakers lined up for the convention have not yet been released, but reports suggest Amber Rose, a former reality TV star and ex-girlfriend of Kanye West, will deliver a speech backing Trump.
36% : "On the issue of abortion, Trump is aware one of the reasons Democrats did better than expected in the 2022 midterm elections is that after the scrapping of Roe v Wade and the ending of the constitution right to abortion, the issue of women's rights has been a major energisers for Democratic voters.
33% : To the criticism of some on the extreme right, Trump softened the party's position on abortion and same sex marriage, part of his effort to try and appeal to more moderate voters in the general election, especially in battleground states such as Pennsylvania, Arizona and Georgia.
31% : Despite being convicted on 34 counts in the New York hush money case, and with three other cases hanging over him, in the battleground states Trump has a solid lead in the polls over Joe Biden, who is fighting for his political life after a disastrous debate performance raised questions about his mental and physical abilities.
30% : When Trump first launched his presidential campaign in 2015 there were still healthy disagreements and alternative visions for the party, with Neocon hardliners such as Marco Rubio, expansionists such as Jeb Bush, and evangelical Christians such as Ted Cruz, all seeking to grasp its mantle.
21% : Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor who ran a spirited fight against Trump in the primaries, is not attending even though she has said she is voting for him and told the delegates she amassed to do the same.
9% : "Trump critics such as Vice President Kamala Harris have claimed if elected, Trump would quickly drop any opposition to a ban if it suited him politically."Donald Trump continues to brag about overturning Roe v Wade," she wrote this week on social media.

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