They appear to have tied their own hands

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I know that's a conundrum but so it seems.

He's THE hope for their evangelical revolution. they believe he will tear down what exists. And they foolishly think that they will erect their impossible dream in the place of Trump's autocratic schemes.

We did this sort of misplace faith in dreams in the early 1860's. It resulted in The Lost Cause, and the destruction of southern society. it will end similarly although the damage will have a different geography