Reagan conservatism died with the election of Donald Trump. [View all]
Many Republicans are under the illusion that they can return anytime they want to the Reagan philosophy of government. At the moment, they are perfectly content to watch the Democrats run around with their hair on fire. Some have said that their new politics is nothing more than anti-anti-Trump philosophy. They are happy so long as the left is unhappy. There may be some truth to that?
But they have paid a big price for their loyalty to Trump. They have surrendered their loyalty to Ronald Reagan and his brand of small-government conservatism. They gave up without a fight.
No doubt, Republicans in future political races will call themselves "Reagan conservatives" but they cannot return to a home that has been dismantled and destroyed by a tyrant and dictator posing as a Republican. Reagan is dead. And so is his politics.
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