This is where you are wrong, Mr. Harwood. This IS Reagan's influence! Trump is merely the more crass, white trash version of him but the paternalistic, authoritarianism and christian nationalist BS was always there.
"Watching Democrats win the popular vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections has persuaded Republicans democracy is not their friend"...Yet, due to unabashed gerrymandering, a favorably "packed" court system and voter suppression tactics, the MAGA's will continue to control most levers of government. And still complain about everything!!
This is where you are wrong, Mr. Harwood. This IS Reagan's influence! Trump is merely the more crass, white trash version of him but the paternalistic, authoritarianism and christian nationalist BS was always there.
Just to note, Reagan's successor was H.W. Bush and not W.
"Watching Democrats win the popular vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections has persuaded Republicans democracy is not their friend"...Yet, due to unabashed gerrymandering, a favorably "packed" court system and voter suppression tactics, the MAGA's will continue to control most levers of government. And still complain about everything!!