This is far more emotional than "governing successfully". Trump supporters in Congress are just trying to keep their jobs, because being re-elected is their top priority. So they have to listen to their base (only) and sell their souls, otherwise Trump will see to it that they're primaried and destroyed.
For the base, Trump is their primal scream. The louder and uglier and more vulgar the better. He's the living, breathing expression of the fear, rage, paranoia and frustration that has been building on the right for over 30 years. He was right when he said he could shoot someone and they'd still love him.
This is about raw, stark emotion, not logic or reason or America or "governing successfully". Like Trump cult lieutenant Steve Bannon, they just want to bring down the government that they feel has victimized them and watch it burn. They're the poor little victims, and the rest of us have to pay the price for that.
Yeah, can you imagine me voting for someone that has that kind of view of me?
What are the chances that Mac1958, or someone from his camp, would represent MY interests, when he thinks that I am the problem that needs dealt with?
AirTight, you getting any of this?