And the Republican party used to have the nickname the Wide Awakes and were home of large elements of the Progressive movement in the mid 19th through early 20t

And the Republican party used to have the nickname the Wide Awakes and were home of large elements of the Progressive movement in the mid 19th through early 20th century. Teddy Roosevelt being a famous example of a Progressive President at the time. So what does what a movement 100 years ago have to do with modern politics? Edit: Since the comment died: Who is even talking about eugenics in 2025 in the United States? Does either political party have an agenda of sterilizing mentally ill children? I haven’t even seen attack ads from Republicans saying Democrats are doing that. Trump nor Harris had anything about sterilizing mentally ill children on their campaign websites or even preventing it from happening. So where is this coming from?