They want to return America to an idealized past that never existed to being with – a past far from ideal for women, Americans of color, gay and transgender Americans, and immigrants.
Republicans want to return America to a time of racism, bigotry, and hate – a time when Americans of color and other minorities were marginalized and excluded from political participation, a time when it was a crime to be gay or transgender, and a time when immigrants could be discriminated against absent due process of the law.
Republicans have succeeded in returning women to that of second-class citizens, denying them their right to reproductive autonomy – and Republicans won’t stop at criminalizing abortion, hence the right’s ongoing war on democracy.