Reminder: Manafort got the GOP to change their party platform to be more Russia-friendly
SARAH K. BURRIS
09 MAY 2017 AT 10:27 ET
The Republican National Convention in 2016 brought all of President Donald Trump’s top aides to the barrage of cameras and media attention from July 18-21. During the convention, the Republican Party argued over whether they should back Ukraine, which was invaded by Russia in 2014. However, those top Trump aides mandated that the GOP take the side of Russia in the Ukraine-Russia battle. Suddenly, the Republican Party focused on the “friendship” between the U.S. and Russia.
“Today, the post-Cold War ideal of a ‘Europe whole and free’ is being severely tested by Russia’s ongoing military aggression in Ukraine,” read the proposed amendment to the Republican Party Platform, according to The Washington Post. “The Ukrainian people deserve our admiration and support in their struggle.”
Trump’s aides watered down the amendment proposed by Ted Cruz supporter Diana Denman.
“I was troubled when they put aside my amendment and then watered it down,” Denman told The Post. “I said, ‘What is your problem with a country that wants to remain free?’ It seems like a simple thing.”
Instead, Trump’s staffers wrote an amendment changing the call for “providing lethal defensive weapons” to “appropriate assistance.” It was voted on and passed and the GOP released a platform that put their own elected officials in conflict with the party’s national platform.
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