Republicans approved their new platform on the first day of the national convention in Milwaukee, giving the seal of approval to a document that differs in significant ways from its predecessors.
The approval by voice vote came early during the first formal session on the afternoon of July 15. The ayes were louder than nays, but nays were not absent.
Pete Hoekstra, former ambassador to the Netherlands and leader of the Michigan Republican Party, moved to advance the platform soon after the rules package for the convention moved forward.
“Every American can read our platform and know what we believe,” said Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), the chair of the platform committee….