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It predates DJT, back to the Reagan era and when southern Ds went R. Then the Tea Party, many of whom wanted to get rid of government. Gingrich codified it with his "Contract".

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Oh, I know---Reagan started this ball rolling with his pestilent "we want to shrink government till we can drown it in a bathtub." Not his words, but his sentiment. Then, he presided over tripling the federal deficit and doubling the federal workforce. Republicans have been gangsters ever since.

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