I will add that there is absolutely nothing in true conservatism that is racist. It was in recruiting the racist elements in society that Republicans destroyed their integrity.  After the Civil Rights Act passed and the old Southern Democrats started to bolt the party, the moral thing for the Republicans to have done at the time would have been to say, "We don't want you either.  Start your own party and see how that goes." Instead they saw a path to electoral success, abandoned the very principles their party was founded upon, and opened their arms. Now half the country equates conservatism with racism. This is not because conservatism is inherently racist, but because too many conservatives didn't stand up when they should have. They got greedy. 

There are a lot of good and moral conservatives out there, and many more who mean well but refused to acknowledge what was transpiring in their midst. History has caught up. The road to recovery won't be easy.