This stuff has been going on all across America since W. It actually went into "overdrive" under W. W just couldn't stop porking out and increasing size, scope, and cost of government.
What stopped that in the past was fiscally conservative Republicans. THAT changed with W, Faux News, and the IQ<5 Pro Israel Christians voting "Republican." Now we have most elected "Republicans" that are big spending big government PRO ISRAEL RINOs.
That is the "toxic" effect of pushing the GOP away from conservatism and towards the dumbest of the dumb, religion.