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    The Republican debate has an unplanned theme: This isn’t Ronald Reagan’s party anymore

    by David Lauter and Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times Sep 27, 2023 4 minutes
    Gavin Newsom arrives for interviews at the second GOP debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.

    This surely wasn’t the plan, but by placing their second candidate debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Republican officials put a spotlight on how far their party has moved from positions that made the 40th president a conservative icon.

    Wednesday night’s debate began with tributes to Reagan, but those sentiments don’t change the reality of an evolving party.

    The GOP has kept the social conservatism that made Reagan the preferred candidate for evangelical Christians — a constituency that now dominates many Republican primaries.

    That’s been clear throughout the campaign, as the candidates have sparred over how far to go to impose national bans on abortion, a goal sought by

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