We don’t have to register in my state, but if we did, right now I don’t think I could put myself down as a “republican” despite having voted that way for 40 years.
Part of that is because now I’m told I shouldn’t be part of their club if I support someone they don’t.
Well I am an American, then a conservative, then a republican. I am a registered republican, so I can vote in the primary and effect who the nominees are. As soon as the republican party is no longer useful, and I can no longer affect that change I will discard the republican party to the trash heap.