Lots of long time republicans don’t recognize their party anymore after the tea party and trump waves of populism washed away their platform and moderates. I do

Lots of long time republicans don’t recognize their party anymore after the tea party and trump waves of populism washed away their platform and moderates. I don’t meant that to say those who kept voting with it anyways aren’t doing so with their eyes open, just that I feel this transformation is bigger than something engineered by party bigwigs; they are surfing to where the votes are.