Consider the dilemma of the GOP representative...
The hate of the RW is still directed outward for the moment - primarily at dems, minorities and the media. They are the ones receiving abuse, death threats and worse from an inflamed base. It should be noted that this base still continues in large part to support the mob presidency.
A mere 6 months in, as the evidence for both collaboration and incompetence steadily accumulates, the GOP reps are in a unique situation. They have been willing accomplices, both throughout the last election and over the past 30 years of pot-stirring disinformation by a RW wing media machine. Yet they also find themselves as hostages in a dangerous situation they have collectively created. The people who have been mobilized, armed and fed a steady diet of inflammatory propaganda are the very same group that will rise up against them, should they choose to stand up for their country now. They are under the mob's protection for the moment, but risk having the vindictive attention of that same mob turned on them if they only step out of line. They are cowards to be sure, but their fear is not unwarranted.
The presidency has lost roughly a quarter of its support in the past 6 months. More will be sure to follow should they continue on the present path. As the trend continues, the GOP die-hards are going to find themselves between a rock and a hard place, weighing political survival against all the mayhem that they know their base is capable of inflicting on perceived enemies. Yet still, they must choose: will it be the flow of history, or the pull of a violent undertow in American culture? Their ship can crash and break on either side, but still they find themselves having to navigate this pass because of the decisions they themselves have made...
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