From driftglass:
This is the “Bad” Post-Trump Republican Party (from Vox, today)
The Trump administration reportedly wants the government to revoke civil rights protections from transgender people
They want to define gender at birth — and force DNA tests to prove otherwise.
And this is the “Good” Pre-Trump Republican Party (from The New York Times, 14 years ago):
‘Moral Values’ Carried Bush, Rove Says
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 – President Bush’s chief political adviser, Karl Rove, said Tuesday that opposition to gay marriage was one of the most powerful forces in American politics today and that politicians ignored it at their peril.
“This is an issue on which there is a broad consensus,” Mr. Rove said, discussing a presidential election that took place as voters in 11 states backed constitutional amendments barring same-sex marriages.