Ehh... got specifics on what you're referring to there? In concept, Right to Repair is extremely popular with both Democrats and Republicans, with Democrats having long led the way in support. The corporate forces that benefit from restrictions, of course, have been pushing back and Republican politicians are generally far more likely to be swayed by those force, but that's not enough to call BS on that statement when support for Right to Repair laws is at "
85% of Trump voters and 86% of Harris voters support the REPAIR Act" levels as of not too long ago.
Perhaps more of note can be derived from an assessment like this one.
Right to Repair Tech Begins to Feel the Effect of Trump Policies and Tariffs
Really short summation? The Trump Administration has supported Right to Repair in a deregulation policy sense, while enacting various measures that make it harder and more expensive to actually
do in practice. Pretty much par for the course for the decent things that Republicans claim to support, really. It is a little different than the Republican norm for stuff like Trump's "No Tax on Tips" where the main effect would be to benefit the rich while pretending to be about helping lower income people (while the Democratic Party's version would have primarily helped lower income people who actually needed it far more), though. Both lines fall under crap being delivered wrapped in nice wrapping paper, though.
Fair enough. I was more poking at the "everyone should have them for self-defense" narrative that's long been pushed in response to gun crime, either way. Individuals with guns tend to be safer on average, while society as a whole becomes less safe by a notably smaller amount, either way. Everyone having them for self-defense means that everyone is much, much less safe, even if having a gun makes them more safe than they would be without it on a personal level. The more powerful the weapon, the more pronounced the effect in both ways.
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