The New Republican Platform Must Not Abandon Conservatism

Compromising on issues such as abortion, American global leadership, the centrality of the nuclear family, and our nation’s fiscal solvency would be a mistake.

Ronald Reagan once warned, “Freedom is a fragile thing and it’s never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by way of inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation.” To that I would only add: It must also be fought for and defended every four years at the Republican convention.

Eight years ago, Republican leaders assembled the most principled conservative platform in more than half a century. Conservative firebrand Phyllis Schlafly, who had attended every convention since 1952, called the 2016 platform the best she ever had the privilege to vote for.