{"id":2327522,"date":"2024-08-20T12:54:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T16:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-group-calls-dnc-platform-massive-gift-to-conservatives-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-20T12:58:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T16:58:59","slug":"pence-group-calls-dnc-platform-massive-gift-to-conservatives-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-group-calls-dnc-platform-massive-gift-to-conservatives-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Pence group calls DNC platform \u2018massive gift to conservatives\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpence-group-calls-dnc-platform-massive-gift-to-conservatives-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2327522&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A conservative\u2064 advocacy group founded by former Vice President \u200cMike Pence has criticized the\u2064 Democratic National Convention (DNC) \u2062platform, \u2062labeling it a &#8220;massive gift to conservatives.&#8221; The 91-page platform is viewed as a \u200creflection of the far-left policies associated\u200c with \u2064Vice President Kamala Harris, which the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-that-triggered-cancellation-of-dr-seuss-called-cat-in-the-hat-racist-horton-the-elephant-a-white-supremacist\/\" title=\"Study That Triggered Cancellation of Dr. Seuss Called Cat In The Hat Racist, Horton The Elephant A White Supremacist\">group believes<\/a> are detrimental\u200d to\u200b the economy and the nation.\u200b Pence&#8217;s organization, \u2062Advancing American \u200bFreedom, \u200dargues that the DNC&#8217;s agenda is focused \u200bon special interests and would lead to increased national \u2062debt \u200dand economic decline. AAF President Tim\u200d Chapman added that the platform poses a threat to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-sanders-dems-have-votes-to-pass-partisan-covid-19-relief\/\" title=\"Sen. Sanders: Dems have votes to pass partisan COVID-19 relief\">working families<\/a>&#8216; finances and called \u2062for \u2064Republicans to highlight its shortcomings in their campaigns. The group\u2062 sees this as an opportunity\u200d to leverage the DNC \u2062platform against Democratic \u200bopponents in upcoming\u200b elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Pence group calls DNC platform &lsquo;massive gift to conservatives&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1734185\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The conservative values advocacy group founded by former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-pence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Pence<\/a> called the 91-page Democratic National Convention <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3126564\/democrats-approve-dnc-party-platform-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>platform<\/a> on Tuesday a &ldquo;massive gift&rdquo; to conservatives eager to highlight just how far left Vice President Kamala Harris and her side have jumped.<\/p>\n<p>In a one-page takedown of the platform, Pence&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/advancingamericanfreedom.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Advancing American Freedom<\/a> said the document shows the Democrats are obsessed with oddball policies that cater to special interests and will bankrupt America if enacted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The DNC Platform is a vision for the American Left that will cripple our economy, increase the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-significance-of-georgia-senate-contests\/\" title=\"Historic Significance of Georgia Senate Contests\">national debt<\/a>, and weaken America at home and abroad. Conservative Republican principles, by contrast, will not only win elections but will restore America to prosperity and freedom,&rdquo; Pence told Secrets.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Republicans must be clear-eyed about the job before us. Republican leaders and candidates must articulate principled solutions to the problems the American people face today and expose the progressive wish list of the far Left for what it is &mdash; a recipe for American decline.&nbsp;Advancing American Freedom is determined to do both,&rdquo; the Republican leader said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-democrats-push-biden-to-the-far-left\/\" title=\"Progressive Democrats push Biden to the far left\">policy platform<\/a> would impoverish our nation and drain the bank accounts of working families across the country,&rdquo; AAF President Tim Chapman said.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"Pence Dem Convention\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/760805216\/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=scroll&amp;access_key=key-32tkNrtO0Gpltei49OUE\" tabindex=\"0\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Unlike the Heritage Foundation&rsquo;s Project 2025, wrongly criticized by Democrats as former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s first 100-day plan, the DNC platform represents the policy agenda for Harris and President Joe Biden, whose candidacy ended in a party coup after he won the primaries.<\/p>\n<p>Chapman&rsquo;s memo called the platform a written gift to conservatives looking to hang liberal policies on Democratic opponents.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Harris-DNC policy platform is a massive gift to conservatives across the country. The platform doubles down on the failed policies of the Biden-Harris administration while going further than ever in plunging our economy into Soviet-style communism. Whether it be price controls, high tariffs, massive federal spending or sweetheart carve outs for favored companies one thing is for sure: this policy platform would impoverish our nation and drain the bank accounts of working families across the country,&rdquo; the memo said.<\/p>\n<p>In his memo to grassroots supporters provided to Secrets, Chapman calls on Republicans to help amplify the points in the Democratic platform that are sure to anger Middle America.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If candidates can focus on the policy that the Left is telling us they will implement, we can achieve a massive rebuke of this misguided effort,&rdquo; Chapman wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the answer isn&rsquo;t to outbid Democrats but to show how wrong they are.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We cannot outbid their efforts to spend taxpayer dollars,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We must clearly contrast our conservative principles with the Left&rsquo;s liberal, dystopian policies. If we stick to principles, we will win the important debates before our country in 2024.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pence, a former Indiana governor and congressman, ran in the GOP presidential primaries but, like all challengers to Trump, didn&rsquo;t gain enough steam to catch up to his former boss.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3047147\/pence-guides-gop-reagan-style-conservative-anti-abortion-anti-tax-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>focus of his group<\/a> is broad, highlighting social issues, foreign policy, and economics.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1734185\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1734185\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The conservative advocacy group established by former Vice President Mike Pence described the 91-page Democratic National Convention platform as a &#8220;massive gift&#8221; to conservatives, eager to showcase the significant leftward shift of Vice President Kamala Harris and her allies. In a brief critique of the platform, Pence&#8217;s Advancing American Freedom argued that it reveals Democrats&#8217; fixation on unconventional policies that cater to special interests and could lead to America&#8217;s financial ruin if implemented. Pence stated, &#8220;The DNC Platform represents a vision for the American Left that would damage our economy, increase national debt, and undermine America both domestically and internationally. In contrast, conservative Republican principles will not only secure electoral victories but also restore prosperity and freedom in America.&#8221; He emphasized the need for Republicans to be realistic about their challenges ahead and urged leaders and candidates to present principled solutions while exposing the far-left&#8217;s agenda as detrimental to American progress. Tim Chapman, president of AAF, echoed these sentiments by asserting that this policy framework would impoverish Americans and deplete working families&#8217; finances nationwide. Unlike Heritage Foundation\u2019s Project 2025\u2014which Democrats have mistakenly labeled as Donald Trump\u2019s initial 100-day plan\u2014the DNC platform outlines Harris&#8217;s and President Joe Biden&#8217;s policy goals following Biden\u2019s primary victory amid party turmoil. Chapman characterized this platform as an opportunity for conservatives aiming to associate liberal policies with Democratic candidates. He noted that it reinforces failed strategies from the Biden-Harris administration while pushing further toward extreme economic measures reminiscent of Soviet communism. Chapman encouraged Republicans to highlight aspects of the Democratic platform likely to provoke discontent among Middle Americans: \u201cIf candidates can concentrate on what the Left intends to implement, we can deliver a strong rejection of this misguided approach.\u201d He stressed that rather than trying to outspend Democrats on taxpayer initiatives, Republicans should clearly differentiate their conservative values from what he termed liberal dystopian policies in order to succeed in critical debates leading up to 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Pence himself has previously run in GOP presidential primaries but struggled against Trump\u2019s dominance within the party. His group&#8217;s focus encompasses various issues including social matters, foreign relations, and economic policies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2327523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DNC-Platform-Pence-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4539,38678,4500,32171,32076],"class_list":["post-2327522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-conservatives","tag-dnc-platform","tag-pence","tag-political-commentary","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DNC-Platform-Pence-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2327522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2327523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2327522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2327522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2327522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}