Ronald Reagan declared war with working Americans the second he took office. He used animated patriotism to get people in the working class to support him, despite the fact that his cabinet and lobbyists were set on taking just about everything away from them. When American businesses began to purge jobs on Reagan's watch, Reagan told the American worker to just wave the flag and everything would be fine. Reagan Republicans have ruined the American middle class, and they're not finished. They still have influence over not only the Republican party, but even the outer so called "libertarian" wings of the party ( I quote libertarian because they're not true libertarians, they just hijacked the name).

At a state level, Ronald Reagan is the father of California's strict gun laws. He pushed the Mulford Act in the 1960s in order to disarm black civil rights groups like the Black Panther Party. What a short memory California Republicans have.