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Watch What’s Happening in Red States Ronald Brownstein
It’s not just voting rights.
Though this year’s proliferation of bills restricting ballot access in red states has commanded national attention, it represents just one stream in a torrent of conservative legislation poised to remake the country. GOP-controlled states including Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Arizona, Iowa, and Montana have advanced their most conservative agenda in years, and one that reflects Donald Trump’s present stamp on the Republican Party.
Across these states and others, Republican legislators and governors have operated as if they were programming a prime-time lineup at Fox News. They have focused far less on the small-government, limited-spending, and anti-tax policies that once defined the GOP than on an array of hot-button social issues, such as abortion, guns, and limits on public protest, that reflect the cultural and racial priorities of Trump’s base.
George W. Bush says the Republican Party has a shot at future elections if it curbs its white Anglo-Saxon Protestantism ydzhanova@businessinsider.com (Yelena Dzhanova)
Former President George W. Bush expressed optimism that the Republican Party will govern again.
He said it depends on whether the GOP can distance itself from white Anglo-Saxon Protestantism.
Republicans, he suggested, need to embrace the traditional values the party was founded on.
Former President George W. Bush said he believes the Republican Party will win in future elections if its members embrace traditional ideals and curb the white Anglo-Saxon Protestantism.
Asked about the state of the Republican Party, Bush told The Dispatch Podcast he believes there s potential to win in the upcoming midterm elections and the 2024 presidential election.