article_snippet.sent: Indeed, conservative groups dispatched speakers to warn that the deal would give the Soviets a foothold in the region.
article_snippet.sent: President Ronald Reagan faced a similar challenge.
article_snippet.sent: Toward the end of President Ronald Reagan presidency, President Ronald Reagan reached a historic breakthrough on intercontinental ballistic missiles with the Soviet Union.
article_snippet.sent: Yet despite excitement in the White House and across the nation about Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's visit to Washington in December 1987, many conservatives blasted the decision, arguing that President Ronald Reagan had betrayed the conservative cause.
article_snippet.sent: During a meeting at the White House, eight Republican senators who opposed the treaty shared eight Republican senators who opposed the treaty feelings with President Ronald Reagan.
article_snippet.sent: Right-wing organizations, meanwhile, compared President Ronald Reagan with Neville Chamberlain.
article_snippet.sent: President Ronald Reagan responded with an aggressive effort to halt their rebellion.
article_snippet.sent: President Ronald Reagan met with Republicans, spoke with reporters and lobbied the public to endorse the deal.
article_snippet.sent: Despite Republicans protests, most Republicans eventually came around.