Susan Jaffe | Washington Correspondent for The Lancet | 15 July 2016
Cleveland, OH – The Republican Party’s platform committee approved a blueprint this week that reflects the core principles of its most conservative wing, describing how a Republican presidential candidate would govern if elected.
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Several delegates said they don’t expect the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, to agree with every point and that’s OK.
“With Mr. Trump, on a lot of these issues, he’s with us,” said Melody Potter, a member of the Republican National Committee from Charleston, West Virginia. “We know for a fact that Hillary Clinton is not with us.”
…Reporters attending the platform committee meetings this week were not allowed to see copies of the roughly 50-page document delegates discussed. But some delegates were willing to mention some health care provisions. [Continued] …