"The Republican party no longer exists. MAGA is the party now."

[jojoju1998]

The Republican Party has always been right wing. It's always been.... more conservative compared to most other center right parties in the world. The opposition to Universal Healthcare for example.

But Trump's takeover ISN'T new. There has always been a right wing populist streak in the Republican Party going back to the 1920s.


The Reagan era was somewhat of an exception and Eisenhower as well. There's a reason why Robert Taft was considered to be fundamental to the Conservative ethos, and not Nelson Rockefeller.

People think this is shocking. I don't think it is.

[jojoju1998]

The whole root of the Republican Party dating back to 1932 has been to repeal the liberal/new deal/great society project as we know it. Social Security, Medicare, abortion, gay rights, all of this is at risk. All of it.


" Moderates " such as Rockefeller and Eisenhower were exceptions.

This is the reality of the Republican Party.

[jojoju1998]

I suspect you will see more and more non-MAGAs retiring before the election, and those will be replaced with more extreme versions. The Republican Party has been on life support for a while, but I think the part, as it was, is dead. That's not to say it will not see more success given the polarization and gerrymandering of our districts, but the old GOP is gone. I don't see it coming back even when Trump is gone.

The Old Old Gop has always been right wing, and populist. You ever heard of Robert Taft ? John Bricker ?




Rockefeller, Eisenhower, and in many ways, Reagan were exceptions.