President Donald Trump’s populist renovation of the Republican Party is ushering in a new era of America’s center-right as a champion of the New Deal social safety net.

No less than Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has become an outspoken voice for extending the Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies relied on by millions of Americans. The Georgia Republican prided herself on running for Congress in 2020 because she opposed the Affordable Care Act, also known as. The Trump acolyte was disgusted with GOP failures to repeal Obamacare.

But Greene’s U-turn shouldn’t be all that shocking to anyone paying attention. “The Republican Party has been fundamentally transformed by Trump,” said Paul Sracic, an adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington.

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