Trump has simply driven them out of hiding and exposed them for what they are. Many of these people were secreting voting for Democrats all along is my guess.
Think about it... Bush could have run easily as a Democrat and probably won against Hillary if his name hadn't been Bush.
Dear Tex Freep,
Good point!
It was GW Bush that signed, and IIRC, not a whimper of disgust, The military Commissions Act of 2006, which made every American a ‘suspect’.