The vile twisted rightwing MAGA attitude that anything good must be destroyed, did NOT start with

[Eliot Rosewater]

traitor trump, it started here"




https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/11/newt-gingrich-says-youre-welcome/570832/

THE MAN WHO BROKE POLITICS
Newt Gingrich turned partisan battles into bloodsport, wrecked Congress, and paved the way for Trump’s rise. Now he’s reveling in his achievements.

Then, to make matters worse, the people doing good for the country, the people opposing the monster Gingrich, elected a BLACK MAN and this broke the brains of 45% of the country.

[Skittles]

1. I still think it started with Reagan

he made greed, ignorance, distrust of government fashionable, he paved the way for assholes like Newt

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Both are true. Gingrich saw Reagan do immediate and terrific damage to decades of progress

and he capitalized for sure.

But the "attitude" Gingrich brought was relatively new.

[unc70]

3. Or Jesse Helms

[ms liberty]

4. Lee Atwater. Newt came hard upon his heels, but that Atwater shithead was first.