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It would undermine their entire anti-socialist and anti-Democrat rhetoric. They campaigned on the premise that social services and welfare are the sole cause of out-of-control government spending taking money out of the Average Joe's pocket (conveniently ignoring military and federal agency spending) and used it as a hook to sell their policies to the poor, stupid, and xenophobic.
The depressing part is that they could offer such programs and they would still keep most of their voters as long as they frame the programs as helping the everyday American and don't call it welfare. A progressive Republican would still get votes, since their voters vote by party loyalty (tribe/team) and not by policy.