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What are the components of the Texas GOP's new platform?
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    Texas GOP's new platform says Biden didn't really win. It also calls for secession.
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    [The platform accuses] several secretaries of state of illegal actions, alleging that "substantial election fraud in key metropolitan areas" distorted the results in Biden's favor. [The document] suggests the Texas GOP will use Trump's claims to stoke voter turnout: The section on election fraud concludes by urging every Republican to vote in order to "overwhelm any possible fraud."
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    "Texas retains the right to secede from the United States, and the Texas Legislature should be called upon to pass a referendum consistent thereto," the platform stated. In Texas, secession is a perennial idea that tends to bloom when a Democrat holds the Oval Office.
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    The crowd loudly booed Sen. John Cornyn, who's leading the Republican side in the hunt for areas of bipartisan agreement on guns. Matthew Watkins, an editor at the Texas Tribune, said feelings in the convention hall don't necessarily equate to voter sentiments. "John Cornyn [...] received 76% of the vote in his last primary race," Watkins said.
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    Key takeaways from the Texas GOP convention as the midterm election season nears.
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    Yes, the 2022 Texas GOP platform is extreme. But little of it is new.
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    Gustavo Petro won 50.4% of the votes, narrowly defeating populist business magnate Rodolfo Hernandez. Argentina, Peru, Chile, Mexico, Boliv...

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