Allow and encourage people who deconstructed to be on the right side of history.
Yes, it will take time to fully trust them. No, that doesn’t mean you should judge them and make them feel less than as a result. The worst thing you can do is continually bring up the past with them.
A lot of people who are deconstructing will feel shoved out and return back to the GOP if they feel like they can “never live it down,” so do what you can to limit that kind of speech.
Yes, we know that the tears we’re seeing from them is all about themselves. It burns that they’re only angry when it affects them, but it’s important to focus on what those tears are starting. That can be the first step to finding the empathy they may have lost or never had to begin with.

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You might be surprised at how many people are just afraid to talk because of the shame they feel. The GOP is banking on the left being intolerant of former right-wingers to keep their death grip on people. Don’t let them win.”