When did the GOP turn fascist? Was it when they said in 2005 that torturing children is legal?

Was it after 9/11, when US culture began with dehumanization of Muslims and Arabs?
Was it when the GWB-administration split society with a "with-us-or-against-us" approach?
When they made plans for a New American Century?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century

Was it in 2005, when DoJ-counsel John Yoo supplied the GWB-administration with a legal opinion why it's okay for the US government to torture children?
https://theintercept.com/2017/02/06/john-yoo-thinks-presidents-can-legally-torture-children-even-he-has-grave-concerns-about-donald-trump/

Was it in 2008, when the election of a black man for President brought all the hidden racism to the surface?

Was it in 2011, when a Tea Party crowd during a republican primary debate roared with approval "Let him die!" when the question came up what to do with people who don't have health-insurance?

Was it in 2016, when a newcomer swept away the other republican primary candidates with a wave of attacks, insults, ridicule, hyperbole, insinuations, straight-up lies and unfulfillable promises, promising to do away with the old and to bring about a new golden era that will also be like a golden era of the past?
(Remember when Mussolini promised to make the trains run on time and tried to bring back the Roman Empire?)