The party chair, Matt Rinaldi, ruled that a motion to defend the due process rights of those who rioted at the Capitol on Jan. Not every far-right proposal was advanced. Abolishing the Federal Reserve, the nationвЂ™s central bank, and guaranteeing the right to use alternatives to cash, including cryptocurrencies.Declaring вЂњall businesses and jobs as essential and a fundamental right,вЂќ a response to COVID-19 mandates by Texas cities that required customers to wear masks and limited business hours.Ensuring вЂњfreedom to travelвЂќ by opposing BidenвЂ™s Clean Energy Plan and вЂњCalifornia-style, anti-driver policies,вЂќ including efforts to turn traffic lanes over for use by pedestrians, cyclists and mass transit.Constitution to cement the number of Supreme Court justices at nine and repeal the 16th Amendment of 1913, which created the federal income tax. Deeming gender identity disorder вЂњa genuine and extremely rare mental health condition,вЂќ requiring official documents to adhere to вЂњbiological gender,вЂќ and allowing civil penalties and monetary compensation to вЂњde-transitionersвЂќ who have received gender-affirming surgery, which the platform calls a form of medical malpractice.Treating homosexuality as вЂњan abnormal lifestyle choice,вЂќ language that was not included in the 2018 or 2020 party platforms.Amending the Texas Constitution to remove the LegislatureвЂ™s power вЂњto regulate the wearing of arms, with a view to prevent crime.вЂќ.Requiring Texas students вЂњto learn about the humanity of the preborn child,вЂќ including teaching that life begins at fertilization and requiring students to listen to live ultrasounds of gestating fetuses.Meanwhile, the party platform vote on Saturday by roughly 5,100 convention delegates would argue that those under 21 are вЂњmost likely to need to defend themselvesвЂќ and may need to quickly buy guns вЂњin emergencies such as riots.вЂќ It also would say that red flag laws violate the due process rights of people who havenвЂ™t been convicted of a crime.ДЄbout 9,600 delegates and alternates were eligible to attend organizers said turnout was a bit more than half that. Brown Convention Center in Houston filled with boos on Friday as he tried to explain the legislation, which would allow juvenile records to be incorporated into background checks for gun buyers younger than 21 and encourage вЂњred flagвЂќ laws that would make it easier to remove guns from potentially dangerous people, along with more funding for school safety and mental health. The denunciation of Cornyn represented a remarkable rebuke to a Republican who has served in the Senate since 2002. TrumpвЂ™s unfounded claims of a stolen election continue to resound among the party faithful - even though his claims have repeatedly been debunked, including by many of his own former aides, and after a week of televised hearings about the Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan.

The convention reinforced the extent to which former President Donald J. Those will now need to be tallied and certified in Austin, but it is rare for a plank to be rejected, according to party spokesperson James Wesolek.

As the convention closed, two separate sets of ballots - one allowing delegates to choose eight of 15 legislative priorities and another allowing delegates to vote on the 275 platform planks - were gathered.

Votes on the platform were collected at the end of the party's three-day convention in which party activists moved to add multiple items to the official Texas GOP platform. The actions capped a convention that highlighted how adamantly opposed the partyвЂ™s most active and vocal members are to compromising with Democrats or moderating on social positions, even as the state has grown more diverse and RepublicansвЂ™ margins in statewide elections have shrunk slightly in recent years. They also voted on a platform that declares homosexuality вЂњan abnormal lifestyle choiceвЂќ and calls for Texas schoolchildren вЂњto learn about the humanity of the preborn child.вЂќ John Cornyn for taking part in bipartisan gun talks. They approved measures declaring that President Joe Biden вЂњwas not legitimately electedвЂќ and rebuking Sen. HOUSTON - Meeting at their first in-person convention since 2018, Texas Republicans on Saturday acted on a raft of resolutions and proposed platform changes to move their party even further to the right. Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.

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