Thread by @PaleoGOP

🧵1/6 Over the weekend at the Indiana GOP State Convention, a group of us young(er) Republicans proposed several amendments to the Indiana GOP Platform.

I worked with @HeritageIndiana on a few immigration-specific amendments. There'll be a post next week with a summary of what we did and didn't accomplish on that issue.

Outside of immigration, here's what we did:

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✅We tried to insert John Hostettler's name into a list of Indiana Republicans to give a little representation to the non-interventionist right-wing of the party, but word came down that Mr. Hostettler preferred that he not be mentioned in the document, so we asked the platform committee to instead remove every name, including Mike Pence. They did.

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✅We ADDED the following line: "We believe liberty is God's gift to the human race for the purpose of pursuing virtue and for the common good of communities."

We REMOVED the following line: "And we should not only work to preserve individual freedom in our own nation, but we also have a responsibility to encourage such freedoms to men and women of all races and circumstances wherever they may reside."

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✅We REMOVED "and economic growth" from a section on local Republican leadership:

"These Republican leaders — including an all-time record of mayors — are the foundation for conservative leadership and economic growth in cities across our state."

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✅We ADDED an entire paragraph on subsidiarity, nuancing the platform's section on economic growth and the GDP. I'm still blown away we got this done:

"We also believe that economic development decisions are best made closest to the people they affect. In keeping with the principle of subsidiarity, local communities must retain a meaningful voice in shaping growth, development, and land use within their own borders. A strong economy cannot be built solely through top-down planning or incentives directed from Indianapolis or Washington; it must also respect the character, needs, and long-term interests of Indiana’s towns, cities, neighborhoods, and rural communities. Indiana Republicans support local control and transparent decision-making so that economic growth strengthens communities rather than undermining them."

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My gratitude and thanks goes out to all the guys who worked to get these changes across the finish line. Some helped draft language behind the scenes while others stood up and offered their public support in front of the committee. Both forms of labor are indispensable in these kinds of efforts. Next time I'm confident we can accomplish even more. Onward and upward.