GOP Quickly Approves Trump-Influenced Platform at Convention

This is the first time the GOP has rethought its platform in eight years.

Fiserv Forum complex center one day prior to the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wis., on July 14, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Republicans approved their new platform on the first day of the national convention in Milwaukee, giving the seal of approval to a document that differs in significant ways from its predecessors.

The approval by voice vote came early during the first formal session on the afternoon of July 15. The ayes were louder than nays, but nays were not absent.