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At one point, the Republican Party stood up for freedom and liberty, which became tarnished by supposed "anti-Communism." When the Sedition Act was passed during the [[Woodrow Wilson]], at the height of the Progressive Movement amidst rampant wartime xenophobia and fervent nationalism, [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/65-2/s247 the primary opponents were Republicans], one of which was [[Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr.|Henry Cabot Lodge]], an archreactionary Boston Brahmin of his time who railed against progressive "reforms." [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/05/05/98262647.pdf] During this time period, various socialist, Communist, anarchist, and syndicalist groups alike posed national security threats, which were seized upon by Progressives to repress freedom. The instigator and namesake of the Palmer Raids, [[A. Mitchell Palmer]], a chief Woodrow Administration member working for the president who sought [https://fee.org/articles/the-palmer-raids-america-s-forgotten-reign-of-terror/ "young, militant, progressive and fearless"] individuals.

At one point, the Republican Party stood up for freedom and liberty, which became tarnished by supposed "anti-Communism." When the Sedition Act was passed during the [[Woodrow Wilson]], at the height of the Progressive Movement amidst rampant wartime xenophobia and fervent nationalism, [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/65-2/s247 the primary opponents were Republicans], one of which was [[Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr.|Henry Cabot Lodge]], an archreactionary Boston Brahmin of his time who railed against progressive "reforms." [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/05/05/98262647.pdf] During this time period, various socialist, Communist, anarchist, and syndicalist groups alike posed national security threats, which were seized upon by Progressives to repress freedom. The instigator and namesake of the Palmer Raids, [[A. Mitchell Palmer]], a chief Woodrow Administration member working for the president who sought [https://fee.org/articles/the-palmer-raids-america-s-forgotten-reign-of-terror/ "young, militant, progressive and fearless"] individuals.