Read the RNC platform that party members will consider Monday

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(NewsNation) — The Republican National Committee will decide Monday whether to adopt a platform that promises to bring peace to the Middle East and combat “anti-Christian prejudice.”

The party’s proposed pledges address some of the top issues facing American voters, including border security, inflation and abortion. As a thank you to its Christian base, the party has also floated the possibility of creating a “federal task force on combating anti-Christian bias” that would investigate “the persecution of Christians in America.”

On Monday, an RNC panel adopted the party’s draft platform, which echoes former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric. The committee was made up of Trump loyalists, according to The New York Times, which obtained a full list of party platform representatives.

In addition to several references to Trump’s slogan “Make America Great Again,” the platform echoes Trump’s common talking points, such as election security and a promise to launch the “largest deportation program in American history.”

He notably echoes Trump’s positions on abortion, promising to let states set policies. That position has gained broader support within the RNC, but it doesn’t sit well with politicians who are most staunchly opposed to abortion. Among them is Trump’s former vice president, Mike Pence, who called the party’s position a “deep disappointment.”

The platform also addressed Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza and the political unrest it has caused in the United States. In the wake of pro-Palestinian protests, the platform pledged to “stand with Israel,” expel “pro-Hamas radicals” and make college campuses “safe and patriotic again.”

Police arrested more than 2,000 people during the spring protests, in which demonstrators called for Palestinian freedom and demanded that universities divest from Israel. While some public figures condemned pro-Palestinian protesters for their violence, data from the Crowd Counting Consortium (CCC) suggests that protesters were injured by police or counter-protesters “about as often as protesters caused property damage, most of which was limited to graffiti.”

The platform’s education plans also include cutting federal funding for “any school promoting critical race theory, radical gender ideology, or other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content.”

Republicans have taken the issue further, saying they would block transgender athletes from competing on sports teams that do not match the sex they were assigned at birth.

In a departure from the RNC’s 2016 platform, the party’s 2024 vision makes no mention of the federal debt, instead stating broadly that it will “build economic capacity,” “fight inflation” and “ensure economic stability.”