The anti-war movement was actually co-opted by the Democrats
Reagan gave us one of the most vilest things this country has, but I forgive him because he did it in all earnest. Every law the government makes gets corrupted as time goes by.
Asset forfeiture.
“Reagan gave us one of the most vilest things this country has”
Exactly what are you referring to?
The anti-war movement really began as a radical Left movement demonstrating against the liberal Democrat administration of Lyndon Johnson.
SDS, SNCC, and other such radical groups started it all. They were despised by blue collar, labor union Democrats. Hubert Humphrey in 1968 would be the last nominee who really represented the values of the those blue collar Democrats, although he was challenged by both Eugene McCarthy and Bobby Kennedy who were appealing to the antiwar crowd.
By in 1968 the antiwar faction within the Democrat party was working to take control of the Democratic Party. McGovern's group had something to do with reworking the nominating procedure and it worked to his advantage in 1972. McGovern's lack of popularity to the average Democrat became apparent when he managed to win exactly one state in the election.
But then came Watergate and the 1974 Democratic takeover of Congress by a heavily leftist group of candidates. That was the bunch who cut off all ammunition and gasoline to South Vietnam, assuring their defeat by the Communist north one year later.