I get what you’re saying but my dismissal of the idea that the Federal government was too powerful spanned decades and multiple presidential administrations, both Democrat and Republican. It hasn’t been until Trump, or more specifically Trump’s second term that I’ve even started to question it. So, for me at least, it isn’t merely a matter of partisan grievance.

I think it’s more a matter of seeing the incredible power of the Federal government fall into the hands of people whom I consider to be severely misguided, unhinged and wildly incompetent that is making me reconsider my position.