This IS the Republican Party...
... mindless malice, deliberate cruelty, blatant defiance of the rule of law, up to and including Trump's refusal to abide by Supreme Court decisions, Gestapo-like ICE raids on private homes with NO evidence, and NO warrants, while they steal property and cash.
Trump is THEIR monster; they own it. They started out lovin' it; they wanted to rule over the ashes of what was once a great nation, but then the consequences of Trump's self-serving greed and malice began to impact them, and now they're just too chickenshit to stop him.
Can't help but wonder why, when they know that light at the end of the tunnel is a train, they refuse to get off the tracks. Maybe they're more afraid of what Trump's brain-dead "base" might visit upon them, than they are of a certain, and very messy, death.
And then there's Vlad. That boy is nuts. And deadly. Ya gotta know that he's got his blood-soaked hands in this, probably up to his elbows. Would he Drop The Big One to see what happens? Definitely a possibility we should not discount.
On the flip side, a very dedicated and courageous few – TOO few – are standing up to that evil sonofabitch, but he's just itchin' for any excuse to declare martial law, 'cause then it's game over. Or so he thinks.
In the immortal words of Calvin and Hobbes, Updates As Events Warrant.