Anti-immigrant nativism, the embrace of the Christo-fascist right, hostility toward gay and transgender Americans, white grievance politics, and racist replacement theory all existed in the GOP and among conservatives for decades – Trump merely exploited this and more to his political benefit.
And the sad fact is that Republicans and others on the right who have come to oppose and reject Trump do so not because they oppose and reject anti-immigrant nativism, the embrace of the Christo-fascist right, hostility toward gay and transgender Americans, white grievance politics, and racist replacement theory – rather, they oppose and reject Trump because they perceive him as a loser and responsible for the Republican 2022 midterm disaster.