I think you have seen the party moving into the wilderness politically over the last two elections, because they have -- they have moved away from those very core ideas that Republicans and conservatives identify with.
Tony Perkins: “I think you have seen the party moving into the wilderness politically over the last two elections, because they have…”
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Perkins discusses the Republican Party's shift away from core conservative ideas and its impact on their political standing.
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