(NewsNation) — The Republican National Committee will decide Monday whether to adopt a platform that vows to restore peace in the Middle East and promises to fight “anti-Christian bias.”
The party’s suggested commitments address some of American voters’ top issues, including border security, inflation and abortion. In a nod to its Christian base, the party also signaled a possible “Federal Task Force on Fighting Anti-Christian Bias” that would investigate “persecution against Christians in America.”
On Monday, an RNC panel passed the draft party platform, which echoed rhetoric in line with former President Donald Trump‘s campaign efforts. The committee was stacked with Trump loyalists, according to The New York Times, which obtained a complete list of the party’s platform representatives.
In addition to several references to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan, the platform mirrors common Trump talking points, such as election security and a promise to begin the “largest deportation program in American history.”
Notably, it adopts Trump’s views on abortion, pledging to allow individual states to set the policies. It’s a view that’s gained broader RNC support, but doesn’t sit well with more staunchly anti-abortion politicians. That includes Trump’s former Vice President Mike Pence, who called the party’s stance “a profound disappointment.”
The platform also addressed Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza and the political unrest it has caused in the United States. On the heels of pro-Palestinian protests, the platform vowed to “stand with Israel,” deport “pro-Hamas radicals” and make college campuses “safe and patriotic again.”
Police arrested more than 2,000 people at the spring protests, where demonstrators called for Palestinian liberation and demanded universities divest from Israel. While some public figures condemned pro-Palestinian protesters as violent, Crowd Counting Consortium (CCC) data suggests protest participants were injured by police or counter-protesters “about as often as protesters have caused property damage, much of which has been limited to graffiti.”
The platform’s plans for education also include cutting federal funding for “any school pushing critical race theory, radical gender ideology, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content.”
Republicans pressed the issue further, saying they would stop transgender athletes from competing on sports teams that don’t align with the sex they were assigned at birth.
In a move away from the RNC’s 2016 platform, the party’s 2024 vision bore no mention of federal debt, beyond broadly claiming it will “strengthen economic capabilities,” “tackle inflation” and “ensure economic stability.