I don't think they ever did, really.

Care about small government, that is.

Because they only wanted "small government" when it came to social safety net policies and programs that benefited minority groups.

Reagan would tell made up stories about "welfare queens" driving Caddies around because they made so much money off of welfare.

It was always a black woman who had a lot of kids.

It wasn't "small government."

It was always racism and oppression.

And when they say they they don’t want government overreach, they don’t want the government overreaching into their neighborhoods, they do want the government to reach into minorities neighborhoods. And socialists, and gays and immigrants and trannys and pregnant woman and natives and the list is getting bigger.