George W. Bush calls on Americans to confront domestic violent extremists on 9/11 anniversary

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52. That is actually the message a lot of republicans/former republicans have been pushing

As in the Bush era neocon types. It's interesting to listen to some of them talk since this whole Trump takeover took place. They often have some progressive-lite type views when it comes to domestic politics. Take the abortion thing in Texas as an example. Many of them are actually promoting ideas of more assistance for pregnant women, programs for children, and healthcare, etc.. Grant you it's a with an "anti-abortion" tinge still, but that's significantly better than the "force them to have the baby and then fuck 'em when it's born" approach. There are similar themes with healthcare, climate change, policing/prison reform, and racial issues too. There is at least some actual view as to why those are important issues, and that makes room for possible real positive change.

But at the same time I wonder if they always felt that way, but they refused to acknowledge it out of cynical political motivations, or did they have some sort of epiphany over the past six years? The cynical side of me suspects it's neither and they just saying the words that they know will continue to keep them relevant while Trump is running the party. I do recall reading something that a lot of these people at one time considered themselves to be politically liberal, but saw the right as their way to power and influence.