The Republican platform is small government except for military and violent enforcement of (mostly property) law. It's a consistent worldview if you want privat

The Republican platform is small government except for military and violent enforcement of (mostly property) law. It's a consistent worldview if you want private industry to own most of society, and fund security services for them with taxpayer money. Very pro-business. So "freedom" in this mindset is "freedom to pursue business free from government interference, and with government assistance," not so much day-to-day freedoms. Except for guns, which you need to be free to own to defend yourself from hypothetical government overreach and petty theft.