The Republican Party began in 1854 as the Liberal Party in the U.S. Lincoln, elected in 1860, was the Republican Party’s first Liberal president. Republican Teddy Roosevelt was a Liberal. The Republican Party had a Liberal wing through the 1960s led by Thomas Dewey. It was Nixon’s ‘Southern Strategy’ in 1968 that converted conservatives in the South to the GOP. Imagine the South supporting ‘the party of Lincoln’. The joke was on them. If Lincoln were president today Republican/conservatives would impeach him.
The Republican Party began in 1854 as the Liberal Party in the U.S. Lincoln, elected in 1860, was the Republican Party’s first Liberal president. Republican Teddy Roosevelt was a Liberal. The Republican Party had a Liberal wing through the 1960s led by Thomas Dewey. It was Nixon’s ‘Southern Strategy’ in 1968 that converted conservatives in the South to the GOP. Imagine the South supporting ‘the party of Lincoln’. The joke was on them. If Lincoln were president today Republican/conservatives would impeach him.