The Republican party was pro-business from the beginning:
The Republican Party was based on northern white Protestants, businessmen, small business owners, professionals, factory workers, farmers, and African-Americans. It was pro-business, supporting banks, the gold standard, railroads, and tariffs to protect industrial workers and industry.
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Nothing there about same sex marriage, transgender bathrooms, driving all mention of God out of society, gay boy scout leaders, abortion, income redistribution by high income taxation, class war, or any of the great liberal causes of today. |
