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'''De-Reaganization''' refers to a period of time following the Presidency of [[Ronald Reagan]] when insiders and big wigs of the [[Republican Party]] disavowed conservatism and returned to an era of [[big government]].

Some blame de-Reaganization, led by [[President George H.W. Bush]],<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/how-george-h-w-bushs-broken-no-new-taxes-pledge-changed-american-politics-and-policy-forever</ref> as responsible for the defeat of the Republican Party in 1992 and the rise of the modern extreme [[left]] [[Democrat Party]].<ref><small>"This is apparent in both the rhetoric and content of the Democratic platform of 1992, with [[New Democrat]] [[Bill Clinton]] as the presidential candidate. The platform fully indulged in the rhetoric of [[revolution]], much like Reagan. Denouncing a 12-year "nightmare of Republican irresponsibility and neglect" that had led, among other things, to an explosion of poverty and a "mountain of public debt," the platform called for nothing less than "a revolution in government" (Democratic Party 1). "The Revolution of 1992 is about a radical change in the way government operates"</small><br>''The Imaginary Reagan Revolution: On the Conservative Undermining of Radical Left-Wing Discourse'', Bradley Smith, ''Transatlantica'', January 2017.</ref>

The term ''De-Reaganization'' has at time been misused by media cohorts eager to promote the [[Republican Establishment]]'s cause.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-de-reaganization-of-the-republican-party/2016/10/05/7de9462e-8b2e-11e6-bff0-d53f592f176e_story.html The de-Reaganization of the Republican Party]</ref>  

==See also==
* [[De-Tea Partyization]]
* [[De-Trumpification]]

==References==
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[[Category:Reagan Era]]