The Washington Examiner states that Trump transformed Republicans from white bread to blue collar

The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump is translating into more people registering to vote.

Of the conventional wisdom, this much is true: When Donald Trump took over the Republican Party in 2016, it was the most momentous political revolution in at least a generation. What’s not true is that Trump completely transformed the party or reversed its direction. He was not the first to try melding populism with conservatism