We saw the Bush era Republicans morph out of being “Bush republicans” when Bush was toxic and into Tea Party patriots, who then morphed back into rank and file republicans. Who didn’t really expect to become Trumpists, but they either grit their teeth and dance for him and wait for him to go away, or figure they’re getting enough “conservative issues” (judges, abortion, and immigration) settled in a way they like so don’t mind him. While there are reasonable republican sorts, they tend to lose out to unprincipled faux populists like Trump, so when Trump, hopefully, leaves, they’ll be a dozen jockeying to be the next Trump. Trump has lowered the bar, as he’s proven you can be stupid, ignorant and without scruples and still manage to be president of these united states.
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