Somehow reagan trying to appeal to women by appointing the centrist Sarah Day to the supreme court didn’t piss conservatives off too much. Appealing to the economically leftist blue-collar worker didn’t piss conservatives off too much.
If you want conservatives to be the majority pary, you better adapt to changing circumstances.
The republican party had a rampant nativist element in the john birch society which it had to make less visible to win elections in the 70’s. This is no different.
I don’t see how trying to appeal to hispanics means giving up on our principles like diehards try to make things out be.