Republicans were always, on some level, #MAGA: “Republicans didn’t purge the white supremacists & antisemites in the 1960’s. I think there’s a real danger in 2024 of nostalgizing the 20C conservative movement as “responsible,”respectable” & “about ideas.” The same features of what became of MAGAism were embedded in the movement from the very beginning, & were broadly tolerated by conserv. elites even if they found them to be slightly distasteful.” #GOPRacists #GOPFascists https://www.salon.com/2024/04/20/a-prehistory-of-maga-mainstream-conservatives-never-really-purged-the-fascists/