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Wed Jun 5, 2024, 12:46 PM Jun 2024

Burke: What you're voting for if you're voting for state GOP

So Donald Trump is now convicted of 34 felonies, with lots of folks feeling justice is finally catching up with his decades-long grifting, lying and cheating.

But as he’s still likely to be the Republican presidential nominee, people are asking how the party of Lincoln, Reagan, Goldwater, McCain and the Bushes can nominate a sexual abuser, liar and tax cheat for the nation’s highest office; a good question, but not one I’m answering this week.

But while researching that question I read over the Washington state Republican Party platform and its resolutions (thanks to the Grays Harbor County GOP website) to see what the Republicans really believe, beside that Trump was sent by (their) god to save America.

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So, gentle reader, here’s what you support if you’re advocating for a Republican candidate, donating money to them, or actually voting Republican, according to the state GOP. (And here are the websites for the whole documents: tinyurl.com/WAGOPplatform and tinyurl.com/WAGOPresolutions.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/burke-what-youre-voting-for-if-youre-voting-for-state-gop/

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