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RNC Deputy Communications Director Cassie Smedile discusses what lead to the decision of no 2020 party platform for the GOP during this years Republican National Convention.
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CASSIE SMEDILE: Yeah, I think, in terms of the platform, that was a decision based solely on COVID, that they wanted to make sure that we had the requisite number of people there in person and that wasn't done by just a small number or small percentage of people making the argument for everyone. But there is real clarity on where this party is, where the president has been, certainly, with the economy, and how he has been a man of his word on long-held conservative beliefs about fairer trade deals, about bringing jobs back to the United States.
And then you want to talk about conservative values, Donald Trump has been the most pro-life president, certainly in my lifetime, and arguably in modern history, with actually attending the March for Life, actually standing up for the unborn. And then you also go and you look at how he has been a champion for the forgotten men and women of America. You know, the tax cuts and Jobs Act not only allowed you to keep more of your hard-earned money, but it created these opportunity zones, something I think we're going to hear about from Senator Tim Scott tonight, [INAUDIBLE] these areas that were crossed off the list, counted out.
People said, what'll be will be. They're never going to be heard from again. And yet, they're coming back. And the people believe that they have a leader in the White House, or in Congress, or in the Senate, of course, in the case Senator Tim Scott, who says, I believe in you, I believe that if we give you the tools, whether that's deregulation, or letting you keep more of your hard-earned dollars, you will forge your American dream. And that's going to be a good news story for all of us. And again, that's a lot of what we're going to hear about this week, this optimistic tone of, together, we we made this happen, we made the strongest economy since World War II. We're bouncing back faster than anyone expected. And that is because President Trump laid the foundation to empower American workers to write their-- chart their path and create their American dream.
