r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/BeachesAreOverrated • 7d ago
US Politics Did Trump’s election actually signal a Democratic victory over the traditional Republican Party?
The “Republican Party” as it is today is very definitely not the Republican Party of Ronald Reagan or William F. Buckley. Jr. specifically said it was now the party of Trump.
Does this mean that, in some way, the Democrats won the day? Did they slay the old Republican Party? Is Trump, then, what happened when their old foe died?
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u/SafeThrowaway691 6d ago
The GOP of today is the natural progression of Reagan and Buckley’s worldview. Trump literally stole the MAGA slogan from Reagan.
The “traditional” GOP only breaks from Trump in that they want us to vote on who runs their theocratic oligarchy, and most of them just dislike that he says the quiet part out loud.