@Seanochicago @cstross George Wallace, Strom Thurmond, all the Dixiecrats, and their follow-on groups sure would. And probably Nixon.

This is not new.

@Seanochicago Again and again, we find that learning is not generational.

@Seanochicago @cstross Many of them are just letting their lust for power overrule their knowledge of history. Mitch McConnell is reported to have thought that Trump would fade away after 2020. Newt Gingrich has a doctorate in European history, concentrating on the Belgian Congo, that paradigm of liberal, benevolent colonialism… Elise Stefanik used to be a moderate conservative. And look at where people like Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley got their Lord degrees. They know better; they just don't care.

@Seanochicago @cstross Bob Dole supported Trump in 2016 and 2020, so he was willing to accept a lot of racism and xenophobia.

@Seanochicago @cstross you mean Ronald "I'm laughing at gay cancer" Regan?
Yes. Yes I can.

@Seanochicago @cstross I can assure you Reagan would be fine with the racism & xenophobia. Its the pro russian stuff he’d shut down. The only joy donald gives me is knowing Reagan is spinning in his grave having a putin puppet in the white house.

@Seanochicago @cstross I can imagine it, easily. Buzz Aldrin is a Trumper. Not quite WW II generation but very close. Because the Muskrat, and rockets. My Dad was a WW II veteran who died in 2012. In his last decade he was consuming straight-up Fox News constantly. And so on.