"I mean I look forward to the day when I can be Republican again"

John Perry Barlow's quote speaks with the current state of the Republican Party and his desire to go back to it. He is expressing his dissatisfaction in the direction the party has actually taken and his hope that it will return to its former values. He is likely describing the party's shift away from conventional conservative worths and towards more severe positions. He is most likely also describing the celebration's welcome of President Donald Trump and his policies. Barlow's quote expresses his yearning for a return to the Republican Party of the past, one that he can be happy to be a part of. He is expressing his hope that the party will return to its core worths which he can as soon as again be a Republican.