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The parties swapped political orientations in the 1930's-60's. Before the 30's, the progressives were called Republicans and the conservatives were called Democrats.
So, under Teddy, the Republican Party was the progressive party. No gymnastics needed.
A channel called Knowing Better has a pretty good video on this. Don't yell at me for the youtube link.
https://youtu.be/MwuFIJlY7fU?si=_PDUoWuk54eVzAme
https://nebula.tv/videos/knowing-better-political-ships-of-theseus-the-party-switch/