The Democratic Party’s platform dedicates its first page to a land acknowledgement.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Democratic National Committee wishes to acknowledge that we gather together to state our values on lands that have been stewarded through many centuries by the ancestors and descendants of Tribal Nations who have been here since time immemorial.
We honor the communities native to this continent, and recognize that our country was built on Indigenous homelands.
We pay our respects to the millions of Indigenous people throughout history who have protected our lands, waters, and animals.
We respectfully acknowledge that we present this Platform at our 2020 Democratic National Convention on the lands of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians, the Forest County Potawatomi Community, the Ho-Chunk Nation, the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, the Menominee Nation, the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, the Sokaogon Chippewa Community, and the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, Band of Mohican Indians.
The DNC then goes on to its preamble:
America is an idea—one that has endured and evolved through war and depression, prevailed over fascism and communism, and radiated hope to far distant corners of the earth. Americans believe that diversity is our greatest strength. That protest is among the highest forms of patriotism. That our fates and fortunes are bound to rise and fall together. That even when we fall short of our highest ideals, we never stop trying to build a more perfect union.
When the American people go to the polls this fall, we will be choosing more than a candidate. Character is on the ballot in this election. The character of our President, yes, but more than that: the character of our democracy, our society, and our leadership in the world.
The challenges before us—the worst public health crisis in a century, the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, the worst period of global upheaval in a generation, the urgent global crisis posed by climate change, the intolerable racial injustice that still stains the fabric of our nation—will test America’s character like never before.
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare deep-seated problems in our society—the fragility of our economy and social safety net, the risks posed by growing inequality, the impacts of racial and economic disparities on health and well-being, and the profound consequences of deepening polarization and political paralysis.
The bill has come due on the Trump Administration’s hollowing out of our public institutions: the sidelining of experts, the rejection of science, the underinvestment in research, and the gross corruption and abuses of power. President Trump’s dereliction of duty has caused the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans, the loss of tens of millions of American jobs, and lasting harm to our children’s education and future.
And it has revealed, at tragic economic and human cost, the emptiness of the Republican Party’s “America First” foreign policy. Under President Trump, America stands alone. Friends and foes alike neither admire nor fear President Trump’s leadership—they dismiss and ridicule it. The Republican Party under President Trump has made America small—when we are a people called to do the greatest things.
Democrats will fight to repair the soul of this nation. To unite and to heal our country. To turn this crisis into a crucible, from which we will forge a stronger, brighter, and more equitable future.
We must right the wrongs in our democracy, redress the systemic injustices that have long plagued our society, throw open the doors of opportunity for all Americans, and reinvent our institutions at home and our leadership abroad. We do not simply aspire to return our country to where we were four years ago. We know we must be bolder and more ambitious.
We must once again stop another Republican recession from becoming a second Great Depression. President Trump and the Republican Party have rigged the economy in favor of the wealthiest few and the biggest corporations, and left working families and small businesses out in the cold. Democrats will forge a new social and economic contract with the American people—a contract that creates millions of new jobs and promotes shared prosperity, closes racial gaps in income and wealth, guarantees the right to join or form a union, raises wages and ensures equal pay for women and paid family leave for all, and safeguards a secure and dignified retirement.
We must guarantee health care not as a privilege for some, but as a right for every single American. For a century, Democrats have fought to secure universal health care. In the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Trump and the Republican Party are trying to tear health care away from millions of people who depend on it for survival. Democrats will not allow that to happen. We will not rest until every American can access quality health care and affordable prescription drugs.
We must steel and strengthen our democracy, not distort and debase it. Democrats believe there is nothing to fear from the voices and votes of the American people. We will restore the full power of the Voting Rights Act and stamp out voter suppression in all its forms. We will curb the corrupting influence of money in politics and protect the integrity of our elections from all enemies, foreign and domestic. We will never accept political gridlock as our fate. We will never tire in our fight to deliver results and create opportunity for all Americans. And we will end the war on government that has politicized our institutions, denigrated public service, and left the American people on their own instead of working to make them whole.
We must heal our nation’s deepest wounds, not fan the flames of hate. Democrats will root out structural and systemic racism in our economy and our society, and reform our criminal justice system from top to bottom, because we believe Black lives matter. We will ensure that our nation continues to prize diversity and compassion, and welcomes those who yearn to participate in our great democratic experiment by creating a humane, 21st century immigration system that benefits all Americans.
We will give hate no safe harbor. We will never amplify or legitimize the voices of racism, misogyny, anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim bigotry, or white supremacy. Democrats will protect and promote the equal rights of all our citizens—women, LGBTQ+ people, religious minorities, people with disabilities, Native Americans, and all who have been discriminated against in too many ways and for too many generations. We commit ourselves to the vision articulated by Frederick Douglass of “a Government founded upon justice, and recognizing the equal rights of all.”
We must lead the world in taking on the climate crisis, not deny the science and accelerate the damage. From Houston, Texas, to Mexico Beach, Florida; from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Davenport, Iowa, the last four years have seen record-breaking storms, devastating wildfires, and historic floods. Democrats will rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement and go further, building a thriving, equitable, and globally competitive clean energy economy that puts workers and communities first, and leaves no one behind.
We must provide a world-class education in every ZIP code, to every child, because education is a critical public good. Democrats believe in universal early childhood education, and affordable, high-quality child care. We will shut down the school-to-prison pipeline, and build a school-to-opportunity pipeline in its place. We will make college affordable again, and give Americans relief from crushing student debt.
We commit to a foreign policy that accelerates our domestic renewal, not undermines it. We will focus on what matters most to Americans—more and better jobs, greater security, a cleaner environment, and a more inclusive and resilient society. Democrats will lead with diplomacy as our tool of first resort and mobilize our allies and partners to meet the tests none of us can meet on our own. We will stand up to the forces of authoritarianism, not aid and abet their rise, and we will speak and act with clarity and purpose on behalf of human rights wherever they are under threat. And we will honor our sacred covenant with our women and men in uniform, our veterans, and our military families who have carried the burdens of wars that must—at long last—come to an end.
Above all, Democrats still believe in the American idea—its principles, its purpose, and its promise. We know that four more years of the crass, craven, corrupt leadership we have seen from Donald Trump and the Republican Party will damage our character and our country beyond repair. We pray, as Langston Hughes did, “O, let America be America again—the land that never has been yet—and yet must be—the land where every man is free.” Democrats call on all Americans to come together and seize this last, best chance to restore the soul of our nation—and vote this November to ensure our greatest days are still to come.
On the other hand, the Republican platform starts out with this preamble:
2024 GOP PLATFORM – MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Dedication: To the Forgotten Men and Women of America
PREAMBLE
America First: A Return to Common Sense
Our Nation’s History is filled with the stories of brave men and women who gave everything they had to build America into the Greatest Nation in the History of the World. Generations of American Patriots have summoned the American Spirit of Strength, Determination, and Love of Country to overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges. The American People have proven time and again that we can overcome any obstacle and any force pitted against us.
In the early days of our Republic, the Founding Generation defeated what was then the most powerful Empire the World had ever seen. In the 20th Century, America vanquished Nazism and Fascism, and then triumphed over Soviet Communism after forty-four years of the Cold War.
But now we are a Nation in SERIOUS DECLINE. Our future, our identity, and our very way of life are under threat like never before. Today we must once again call upon the same American Spirit that led us to prevail through every challenge of the past if we are going to lead our Nation to a brighter future.
For decades, our politicians sold our jobs and livelihoods to the highest bidders overseas with unfair Trade Deals and a blind faith in the siren song of globalism. They insulated themselves from criticism and the consequences of their own bad actions, allowing our Borders to be overrun, our cities to be overtaken by crime, our System of Justice to be weaponized, and our young people to develop a sense of hopelessness and despair. They rejected our History and our Values. Quite simply, they did everything in their power to destroy our Country.
In 2016, President Donald J. Trump was elected as an unapologetic Champion of the American People. He reignited the American Spirit and called on us to renew our National Pride. His Policies spurred Historic Economic Growth, Job Creation, and a Resurgence of American Manufacturing. President Trump and the Republican Party led America out of the pessimism induced by decades of failed leadership, showing us that the American People want Greatness for our Country again.
Yet after nearly four years of the Biden administration, America is now rocked by Raging Inflation, Open Borders, Rampant Crime, Attacks on our Children, and Global Conflict, Chaos, and Instability.
Like the Heroes who built and defended this Nation before us, we will never give up. We will restore our Nation of, by, and for the People. We will Make America Great Again.
We will be a Nation based on Truth, Justice, and Common Sense.
Common Sense tells us clearly, in President Trump’s words, that “If we don’t have a Border, we don’t have a Country.” Restoring sensible Border Security and Immigration Policy requires many steps, all of which would have been and indeed were taken for granted by prior Generations as obviously necessary and good. We must secure our Southern Border by completing the Border Wall that President Trump started. Hundreds of miles have already been built and work magnificently. The remaining Wall construction can be completed quickly, effectively, and inexpensively. We must also vigilantly check those who enter our Country by other routes and ensure that no one can enter our Country who does not have the Legal Right to do so, and we must deport the millions of illegal Migrants who Joe Biden has deliberately encouraged to invade our Country. We will start by prioritizing the most dangerous criminals and working with local Police. We must not allow Biden’s Migrant Invasion to alter our Country. It must not stand. Under the Trump Administration and a Republican Congress, it will be defeated immediately.
Common Sense tells us clearly that if we don’t have Domestic Manufacturing with low Inflation, not only will our Economy—and even our Military Equipment and Supplies—be at the mercy of Foreign Nations, but our Towns, Communities, and People cannot thrive. The Republican Party must return to its roots as the Party of Industry, Manufacturing, Infrastructure, and Workers. President Trump’s economic policy to end Inflation and return Manufacturing Jobs is not only what the American Economy and American Workers need right now, it is also what they want right now.
Common Sense tells us clearly that we must unleash American Energy if we want to destroy Inflation and rapidly bring down prices, build the Greatest Economy in History, revive our Defense Industrial Base, fuel Emerging Industries, and establish the United States as the Manufacturing Superpower of the World. We will DRILL, BABY, DRILL and we will become Energy Independent, and even Dominant again. The United States has more liquid gold under our feet than any other Nation, and it’s not even close. The Republican Party will harness that potential to power our future.
Common Sense tells us clearly that if we don’t have a Strong Military, we won’t be able to defend our interests and we will be at the mercy of Hostile Nations. The Policy of the Republican Party must be to ensure that America’s Military is the strongest and best-equipped in the World—and that our Government uses that great strength sparingly, and only in clear instances where our National Interests are threatened.
Common Sense tells us clearly that the Republican Party must stand for Equal Treatment for All. Likewise, the Republican Party must ensure the equal application of law to all regardless of political affiliation or personal beliefs. Recent Democrat-led political persecutions threaten to destroy 250 years of American Principle and Practice and must be stopped.
America needs determined Republican Leadership at every level of Government to address the core threats to our very survival: Our disastrously Open Border, our weakened Economy, crippling restrictions on American Energy Production, our depleted Military, attacks on the American System of Justice, and much more.
To make clear our commitment, we offer to the American people the 2024 GOP Platform to Make America Great Again! It is a forward-looking Agenda that begins with the following twenty promises that we will accomplish very quickly when we win the White House and Republican Majorities in the House and Senate.
- SEAL THE BORDER, AND STOP THE MIGRANT INVASION
- CARRY OUT THE LARGEST DEPORTATION OPERATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY
- END INFLATION, AND MAKE AMERICA AFFORDABLE AGAIN
- MAKE AMERICA THE DOMINANT ENERGY PRODUCER IN THE WORLD, BY FAR!
- STOP OUTSOURCING, AND TURN THE UNITED STATES INTO A MANUFACTURING SUPERPOWER
- LARGE TAX CUTS FOR WORKERS, AND NO TAX ON TIPS!
- DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR BILL OF RIGHTS, AND OUR FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, INCLUDING FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, AND THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS
- PREVENT WORLD WAR THREE, RESTORE PEACE IN EUROPE AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND BUILD A GREAT IRON DOME MISSILE DEFENSE SHIELD OVER OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY — ALL MADE IN AMERICA
- END THE WEAPONIZATION OF GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
- STOP THE MIGRANT CRIME EPIDEMIC, DEMOLISH THE FOREIGN DRUG CARTELS, CRUSH GANG VIOLENCE, AND LOCK UP VIOLENT OFFENDERS
- REBUILD OUR CITIES, INCLUDING WASHINGTON DC, MAKING THEM SAFE, CLEAN, AND BEAUTIFUL AGAIN.
- STRENGTHEN AND MODERNIZE OUR MILITARY, MAKING IT, WITHOUT QUESTION, THE STRONGEST AND MOST POWERFUL IN THE WORLD
- KEEP THE U.S. DOLLAR AS THE WORLD’S RESERVE CURRENCY
- FIGHT FOR AND PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE WITH NO CUTS, INCLUDING NO CHANGES TO THE RETIREMENT AGE
- CANCEL THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANDATE AND CUT COSTLY AND BURDENSOME REGULATIONS
- CUT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ANY SCHOOL PUSHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY, RADICAL GENDER IDEOLOGY, AND OTHER INAPPROPRIATE RACIAL, SEXUAL, OR POLITICAL CONTENT ON OUR CHILDREN
- KEEP MEN OUT OF WOMEN’S SPORTS
- DEPORT PRO-HAMAS RADICALS AND MAKE OUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES SAFE AND PATRIOTIC AGAIN
- SECURE OUR ELECTIONS, INCLUDING SAME DAY VOTING, VOTER IDENTIFICATION, PAPER BALLOTS, AND PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP
- UNITE OUR COUNTRY BY BRINGING IT TO NEW AND RECORD LEVELS OF SUCCESS
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When America is united, confident, and committed to our principles, it will never fail.
Today and together, with Love for our Country, Faith in our People, and Trust in God’s Good Grace, we will Make America Great Again!
A platform for the total disintegration of what America has always stood for. The Democrat reinvention of America is the New World Order Communist Manifesto.
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MAGA needs to beat the h— out of this evil.
So much for platforms, eh? Trump is now sniffin’ around Taylor Swift and snortin’ like a hog!
Put down your bong
Fact are facts, Avenger! Why the hell is Trump sniffing around her? Take another swig off that whiskey bottle–you might find the courage to face reality!
Just speaking rhetorically–nothing personal! The whole process is all smoke and mirrors–theatrics. Don’t forget to vote for your pick of bozos
Why is Trump “sniffing” around Swift?
It is called a campaign. And, a campaign is nothing if not marketing and advertising. Taylor Swift is quite popular, and gets tons of eyeballs on screens. Want to get younger folks to vote for you? Advertise with someone they know and listen to.
Yeah, sure, ya betcha! Sniff, sniff!
Judging from the preamble, I’d have to say that the DNC is living within a fantasy.
Projection, prevarication, and panic.
The Democrats are a serious JOKE. They have had four years to address the division in America but have only worsened it to the point that Nobody wants to work with any Democrat in fear of being labeled a RACIST if we do not kowtow to their demands. Time for the Democrat party to become the minority in this country so that we can restore the once Great Shining Becaon on the Hill. It all starts with eliminating the decades long establishment on both sides and rid the country of these career Politicians.
It’s much simpler than what is listed above. One party is beholden to the US Constitution, one is beholden to Trump!
Very confusing comment. Unless you’re referencing the same side for both?
If you’re under the delusion that Democrats honor the US Constitution, look how angry it makes Joe and Kamala (and their “handlers”) when the Supreme Court upholds the Constitution against their wishes. They are both so angry they are trying to change the rules and stack the court so they are **not** beholden to the US Constitution. Check your facts. Sounds like you’ve been drinking up too much MSNBC and CNN rather than objectively watching for yourself in the context of history.
Truth. It was the Right that tried to burn the constitution on January 6.
And where again in the constitution does it say anything about acknowledging that we are on native lands? or anything about diversity? or LQGBtwhatever rights? The Republicans could literally reprint the constitution word-for-word, and still some clown like yourself would claim that it had nothing to do with the constitution.
You clearly have never read the Constitution.
The party you claim is beholden to the US Constitution is also the party that thinks the Electoral College (required by the US Constitution) should be ignored. It is also the party that thinks the 1st Amendment is too binding, and they want to censor what is said publicly.
They are the same party that wants to ignore the 2nd Amendment, as well as the 4th.
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So… while you are certainly allowed your opinions, you are not allowed your own facts.
”The Republican Party must stand for equal application of the law for all regardless of political affiliation and personal beliefs”
Summarize; Thats the Republican Party I’m familiar with, so when mask mandates are required, wear the damn thing, instead of asserting religious beliefs and constitutional rights., Because the health of the nation comes first.
If, at this point in time, you still believe that masks ever did anything for anyone’s health, you are confused and clueless beyond help, and are definitely not a conservative of any kind.
Mask Mandates are Unconstitutional.
Mask mandates?
That is the only example you can come up with? If that is it, I am going to say you have nothing, no argument against the statement.
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And, by the way, most conservatives I know complied with the mandates, while they fought against them legally.
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Now, if you would please turn that critical eye toward the leftists.
Oh, and final item
Very communist of you. The collective is more important than the individual. How socialist.
You have clearly proven that your beliefs stem from the fact that masks(especially used ones) starve the brain of fresh oxygen supply which diminishes critical thinking.
Lets go Lisa!
Masks were a pantomime, a charade, a virtue signal that turned into shorthand for identification of the gullible, 3rd.
I SO love Trump. Sadly, 50% of American people are unintelligent and easily brainwashed, as they too live in the fantasyland of socialist/communist idealism. It has never worked since the beginning of written history; centralized government doesn’t work and always falls. A people left to their own are a strong and vibrant people.
The sickness runs deep, the infection needs to be debrided allowing the new American Spirit to grow.
Jeanette. Trump will create a dictatorship like those of Putin,Chavez, and Orban. No thanks.
Reading the Democrat statement, you would think that Trump had been the President for the last four years. They totally ignore the Biden/Harris administration record, as if it never happened.
Imagine the possibilities when you are unburdened by what has come before.
Classic marxist dogma.
No question which document is better. Problem is that even if the Donald doesn’t blow the election, I doubt that he has the skill set to implement the platform.
May as well go with Kamala then?
But Laughing Cow has the skill set to do anything intelligent, I ask you?
For clarity: No way I will vote for Ms. Harris. That said, the Donald is doing little to convince the persuadable to vote for him. Appealing to his base will not win the election. The insults and constant grievance is long past old. To win, the Donald will have to show some growth and avoid the rants. If Trump just offers the old Trump, he will lose. And he will be a loser.
Democrats – balderdash…
Republicans – it’s what you left out that disturbs me… no defense of or value for every human life. I’m also disturbed that they think they can run on deporting 11 million illegals, a feat which is impossible; and after the lawyers and the courts get involved a task of bankrupting the American people, destabilizing the entire world (worse than now!) and futility over endless time. I sympathize with the sentiment, but a more practical and possible solution must be formulated. Like overturning obamacare, mass deportation ain’t gonna happen.
Yet both need to happen.
Trump’s platform is in Project 2025. Kamala will destroy the felon on Sept 10th, if he shows up
Oh “Frank”
How about you actually read Project 2025, instead of blindly believing what the headlines say. When I present the policies to my liberal friends, they agree with them for the most part. Well… right up until I say they are part of Project 2025, then suddenly they are the end of democracy and freedom.
Land acknowledgements are not about respecting those that have been here before.
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It is about undercutting and dismissing the heritage and culture of the people currently in control of the land.
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As if that makes any kind of difference at all. Whether you like it or not, civilizations world wide have been wiped out by invaders. No amount of land acknowledgements, or bowing and scraping before an idealized indigenous culture will change that. Yes, europeans killed natives and took their land. Which differs from how the natives got land in no way whatsoever.
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Acknowledging that natives lived here before europeans does not erase that fact in any way.
Do we have the 2024 DNC preamble? This appears to be from 2020.
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