At least half of the 20,000 people living in Dickinson were affected by Hurricane Harvey [File: Reuters] Those wishing to receive Hurricane Harvey relief funds in the US city of Dickinson, Texas, will have to sign an agreement that they will not boycott Israel. An application for a Hurricane Harvey Repair Grant posted on the Dickinson city website this week includes a Verification not to Boycott Israel clause.
noun. Republican is defined as a person who identifies with a system of government where the citizens have the ability to choose those who represent them. An example of republican government is India's system of government. The definition of a Republican is a person who identifies with the Republican Party.
The Republican Party, commonly referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.ounded in the Northern states in 1854 by anti-slavery activists, modernizers, ex-Whigs, and ex-Free Soilers, the Republican Party quickly became the principal opposition to the dominant Democratic Party and the briefly popular Know Nothing Party.