By Micaiah Brindle · Contributing Writer
“This is not your grandfather’s Republican Party,” is a common phrase used to describe the transformation of GOP politics from the Reagan era to an American “New Right” generally defined by Donald Trump and his nationalist agenda.
The phrase is usually invoked to convey a negative view of the president’s movement, which is claimed to have stoked the fires of political polarization. Pundits say what is truly needed is a return to the times when Reagan worked with a bipartisan coalition, who spoke cordially with each other and worked for the common good.
Ultimately, despite our differences, we are all Americans, right? So goes the talking point. This type of politics would be favorable in the abstract but entirely misses the reality of American politics in the 21st century.
In 2026, leftism necessarily stands for anti-American, anti-Christian and anti-white principles. Its social views seek the abolition of all traditional Christian social order, including the family, marriage and gender.
The cult of transgenderism and abortion were among the most dominant of the left-wing’s stated policy positions in the last election cycle. Mass immigration — which prompted President Trump to run in 2015 — is the only acceptable position on immigration for Democrats to hold in politics. Their fervent anti-white positions view whites as the only demographic in America that can be discriminated against with the blessing of the state.
But we’re still all American, right? Well, left-wing radicals, many who were not born here, such as NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Ilhan Omar, continue to assert that our founders are evil and our history needs to be reevaluated.
This is simply a preview of the opinions that naturally produce such a chasm between political parties.
As a result of left-wing ideology which promotes such godless behavior, violence is increasingly occurring. This ranges from school shootings, often against Christians, by transsexuals inspired by their mental insanity and targeted political assassinations. The most relevant of these is, of course, when a left-wing radical motivated by ideologies that are universally pushed by the Democratic Party (namely transgenderism and anti-conservative bigotry), murdered Charlie Kirk who was exercising his First Amendment rights with college students in Utah.
President Trump also faced at least two attempted assassinations against him in the 2024 campaign cycle, not to mention the violent Antifa and BLM activists who burned cities across the nation in 2020 and engage in brutality against conservatives today.
In every one of these cases, especially after Kirk’s death, hundreds of leftist social media accounts both large and small celebrated the killing of a good Christian man with two children because he did not adhere to the aforementioned ideology.
The radicalization of the leftist base in particular shatters all attempt at unity. It is not Democrat “elites” who engage in domestic terrorism such as trying to harm ICE officials and impede their legitimate law enforcement activities. The left has become militarized against normal Americans to the point where politics has become existential, quite literally a matter of life and death.
Politics is no longer a tug of war over tax policy and environmental regulations. When a group defines itself by opposition to your country and you as a person (your religion, race, ideology, etc.), working with that group is no longer possible, and in fact achieving victory over that group should be one’s main goal.
Are we not required as Christians to oppose evil where we find it? Can any American truly call themselves a patriot while allying with radicals such as these?
Recognizing the stakes, the American right — the opposition to the left — must be a reactionary movement, tailor-made to combat the left while also establishing its vision of traditional Americanism which made this country great. The failures of the conservative movement to address leftism — frequently conceding ground in the process — must be removed for victory to be achieved.
After all, this isn’t Ronald Reagan’s Republican Party. And this isn’t your grandfather’s Republican Party.great. The failures of the conservative movement to address leftism—frequently conceding ground in the process—must be removed for victory to be achieved.
After all this isn’t Ronald Reagan’s Republican Party. And this isn’t your grandfather’s Republican Party.
