Similar is not *same*. After all, one could say a Republican is 'similar' to a Conservative, but they are worlds apart.
Fine. Reagan is idolized, while those who espouse the same policies are trashed as unfit to shine Reagan’s shoes.
Reagan espoused free trade principles and policies and it was his ideas that was the genesis of NAFTA.
BTW, most conservatives are Republican and most if not all conservatives in elected office in America are Republican.