At CPAC on Saturday, former President Trump outlined the steps he wants the GOP to take if the party wins back control of Congress after midterm elections. In a speech concluding the third day of the convention, Trump said the midterms should be a “national referendum” on President Joe Biden and Democrats.

According to The Hill:

Trump said GOP candidates should campaign on holding the Biden administration accountable and working to “shut down” the southern border, reduce crime and beat inflation. He said restoring “public safety” is the first job for the next Congress, and he knows the Republicans who are running are “not going to play games.” 

Trump reiterated his call for instituting a death penalty for drug dealers. He said China does not have any drug issues because it executes drug dealers following swift trials. 

Trump also said congressional Republicans should make clear that no money will be provided to funding Biden’s “open border agenda.” 

Republicans have sharply criticized the Biden administration for increases in the number of undocumented immigrants since he took office. Biden lifted several Trump-era policies after becoming president, most recently Title 42, a pandemic-era policy that allowed the federal government to quickly expel undocumented immigrants and prevent them from seeking asylum. 

Trump said teaching any inappropriate “racial, sexual and political material” to schoolchildren “in any form whatsoever” should be banned, and if federal officials push this “radicalism,” the Department of Education should be abolished. 

He backed several other cultural issues that have become key parts of many Republicans’ platforms, like banning transgender individuals from playing a sport with the gender they identify with and ending a “censorship regime” to protect free speech. 

Read more at The Hill.

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