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The Policy Drought

Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin speaks in Milwaukee, Wis., July 15, 2024. (Mike Segar/Reuters)

My new Washington Post column.

The morning after the Democratic convention, the Republican Governors Association came out swinging: “4 Days of DNC and Not One Dem Policy to See,” blared its statement. It’s a fair critique. Harris has been so light on detail that even her supporters can’t agree whether she is proposing price controls. As the RGA statement noted, her campaign website doesn’t even have a policy page. When her convention speech turned to policy, she gave us destinations instead of a route: She promised to “end America’s housing shortage” but didn’t say how.

But where are the policies on the other side? Donald Trump’s own campaign website touts the newly stripped-down Republican platform as his agenda. Most of it consists of promises like “Republicans will immediately stabilize the Economy by slashing wasteful Government spending and promoting Economic Growth,” with no further explanation.

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