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Jonah Goldberg: The latest sign that Republicans are abandoning even their most deeply held principles

The changing of the conservative mind in recent years could hardly be captured more pithily than in the headline of a recent op-ed: “Why I believe in industrial policy — done right.” So opined Sen. Marco Rubio for the Washington Post and, at greater length, for National Affairs.

Note that I’m not addressing the changing of the conservative . Calling lawfully convicted violent criminals such as the Jan. 6 rioters “” speaks more to the sad and profound changes of

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