—Defeated Soviet communism
—Worked with Clinton to pass welfare reform in the 90s
—Kept the country safe after 9/11
—Protected the unborn
—Balanced state budgets
—Helped the US become a net energy exporter
—Championed entrepreneurs & small business https://twitter.com/edubs707/status/1246571219039608833
As others have mentioned:
—passing the Americans with Disabilities Act
—helping broker free trade agreements that unlocked new goods & markets for Americans
—confirming judges that adhere to the Constitution’s meaning and defend the rule of law
Look—the pre-Trump GOP wasn’t perfect, but it wasn’t the Trump GOP and it did some good things and it at least pretended to have a worldview that was an important contribution to our country, even if it often struggled to adhere to it.
There once was a time when I wasn’t ashamed to call myself a Republican, despite how disfigured the party is today.
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