1) Continue the trend of building our party from the grassroots up, and not from the top down. While we will work closely with our elected leaders and Republican donors, our party will be driven by the grassroots. You are the ones who labor in the campaigns, shape our platform, and who built a majority. With your help, we will keep it and grow it!
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The Republican Party is the only Party that remains “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” Our ideas do not come from ivory tower think tanks or elitist politicians who think they know what’s best for everyone. Our platform does not come down from above, but up from the people—from the will of the governed, not the whims of those who govern. Our principles are rooted in the values, freedoms, and beliefs of ordinary Texans. Our Party has grown out of the grassroots—and we will not be uprooted.
The strength of our Party is not in politicians, but in people, in the tens of thousands of Texans who sweat and toil to elect leaders who share and support their principles. We will never let the desires of any one person,...