Reagan was solid up until Iran-Contra. I think that's what the DS used to eventually get to him. Whether Reagan was guilty or not, that whole thing brought Reagan's Presidency to a halt ... I believe the media ran with Iran-Contra in '86. That's also around the time ('86 - '88 IIRC) the shit amnesty bill passed.

The media was as merciless against Trump as they were Reagan. His coalition was pretty much identical to Trump's ... that scared the living shit out of the DS ... especially the 1984 election.

The only reason you see RINOs fawn over Reagan is mainly due to the RNC raising money off nostalgia at this point ... they'd frigging do what they did to Trump today if he were around. The Progressives hate Reagan because their TV told them to hate him of course.

Unlike W Bush and his daddy, the media never forgave Reagan for his sins against their religion. The NPCs that existed during the era still spew old their old 6502 "badreagan" subroutines when poked.