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The Republican Party platform has an audience of one

By Michael Steele

In a matter of days, former President Donald Trump's anti-democracy agenda will most likely be met with thunderous applause as he officially accepts the Republican nomination for president at the party's national convention.

The picture of a lawless America mired in poverty and perversion that Trump will paint isn't backed up by reality, but it is set to be backed up by the official Republican Party platform.

On Monday, the Republican platform committee advanced a draft of the so-called principles that will guide the Republican Party for the next four years. But this platform isn't a road map to prosperity for the American people. It doesn't offer a framework for unity in a fractured country.

Instead, it is a manifesto for one man: Trump.

This is a preview of Michael Steele's latest article. Read the full column here. For more thought-provoking insights from Michael Steele, Alicia Menendez and Symone Sanders-Townsend, watch "The Weekend" every Saturday and Sunday at 8 a.m. ET on MSNBC.

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