You don’t recall correctly. Early in the campaign maybe. But after GOPe Bush was included, the Repubs were very happy with Reagan.
And after the inauguration, there was no republican out there anywhere who disliked Reagan.
Unless of course, you can provide an example so I can compare.
I am pretty sure you are wrong...and yes I will look today...because I remember over and over and over during the Trump campaign how people compared him to Reagan and how gop hated Reagan when he was first in office.
And yes, there were even posts here about it.
btw, look for what people though of him BEFORE the attempted murder..which changed many things.
Craig Shirley had written several books on Reagan and his corrected the myth..that one that you believe.
Plenty of references on the net such as this one: