Before the final resolution was passed, Brian Bodine, a member of the platform committee that says he wrote the resolution, proposed an amendment on the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. He claimed that “the rights of those accused of crimes have been violated” and rejected the “narrative” that the events in the US Capitol represented an uprising. The proposal received applause and “Let’s go Brandon” voices. Matt Rinaldi, chairman of the committee, said the amendment was out of date and would not be considered. The platform also included a section calling homosexuality “an abnormal lifestyle choice” and opposed “all attempts to validate trans identities”. The state party platform has not yet been finalized, James Wessolek, a spokesman for the Texas GOP, told CNN, but votes are being counted on each board. Also during the conference, Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the GOP’s chief negotiator for bipartisan arms talks, was criticized by many in his home country for saying he “fought and kept President Bide’s wish list. the seizure of weapons from the table “. “Democrats pushed for a ban on assault weapons, I said no. They tried to get a new mandatory three-week waiting period for all arms purchases, I said no. “No, 1,000 times no,” said Cornyn. “Well, you might ask, ‘What’s on the table?’ disapproval. “This primarily means enforcing the law in force. “I have heard this from many of you here today and this week, and we are working on it – nothing more and nothing less.” The party also passed a resolution by unanimous vote Saturday rejecting the bipartisan arms deal and scolding Cornyn and other GOP negotiators, including Senators Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Susan Collins of Bill, and Maid of Maine. Louisiana, Mitt Romney of Utah. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Rob Portman of Ohio and Roy Blunt of Missouri. CNN’s Michael Warren, Morgan Rimmer and Ali Zaslav contributed to this report.
