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   > The whole USA's gonna be after Democrats in November 2022.   
      
   Texas Republicans acted on multiple resolutions and platform   
   changes at their state convention this weekend—including   
   declaring that President Joe Biden was "not legitimately   
   elected" and demanding an end to abortion.   
      
   The Texas GOP's convention in Houston reinforced how many remain   
   fixated on former president Donald Trump's baseless claims of   
   widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election—even after   
   the House panel investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S.   
   Capitol presented evidence that those claims were false and   
   showed testimony from Trump's closest advisers saying they did   
   not believe them during televised hearings.   
      
   Earlier this week, the party's Permanent 2022 Platform &   
   Resolutions Committee advanced a resolution claiming the 2020   
   election had violated the Constitution.   
      
   "We reject the certified results of the 2020 Presidential   
   election, and we hold that acting President Joseph Robinette   
   Biden Jr. was not legitimately elected by the people of the   
   United States," the resolution says.   
      
   Convention delegates also voted on a measure calling for "equal   
   protection for the Preborn."   
      
   "We urge lawmakers to enact legislation to abolish abortion by   
   immediately securing the right to life and equal proaction of   
   the laws to all preborn children from the moment of   
   fertilization, because abortion violates the US Constitution by   
   denying such persons the equal protection of the law," it states.   
      
   Abortion is currently prohibited after around six weeks of   
   pregnancy in Texas after the state's Legislature passed a   
   restrictive law last year that bans abortions after a fetal   
   heartbeat has been detected.   
      
   But a trigger law making abortion illegal would go into effect   
   in Texas if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. A decision   
   is expected later this month that could reverse the landmark   
   1973 decision that guaranteed abortion rights nationwide.   
      
   The Texas GOP's new platform would also call for Texas students   
   "to learn about the Humanity of the Preborn Child," including   
   teaching that life begins at fertilization and witnessing live   
   ultrasounds.   
      
   It also described homosexuality as an "abnormal lifestyle   
   choice" and that the party "oppose all efforts to validate   
   transgender identity."   
      
   Votes from convention delegates were collected to add several   
   items to the official Texas GOP as the convention closed on   
   Saturday, the Texas Tribune reported.   
      
   They handed in two sets of ballots—one asking delegates to   
   choose eight of 15 legislative priorities and another voting on   
   over 270 platform planks.   
      
   The votes will be tallied and certified in Austin, but it is   
   rare for a plank to be rejected, party spokesperson James   
   Wesolek told the Tribune.   
      
   Wesolek has been contacted for additional comment.   
      
   https://www.newsweek.com/texas-gop-declares-biden-illegitimate-   
   demands-end-abortion-1717167   
      
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