Across the nation, a dangerous transformation is underway inside the Republican Party. What began as quiet whispers on the political fringes has erupted into a full-blown identity crisis threatening the stability of American democracy itself. Once the party of Lincoln, the GOP now finds itself consumed by a rising tide of extremism that no longer hides in the shadows — it campaigns, legislates, and shouts from the podium.

Television hosts like Chris Hayes have called it out plainly: “The Republican Party has been exposed.” What used to be a clash of ideas has become a clash of values — between democracy and demagoguery, between inclusion and exclusion, between the future and a haunting return to the past.

A Party Radicalized

Within today’s Republican Party, voices of reason have been

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