
Originally Posted by
DawgyNWindow
Pretty spot on.
They always say the right things while campaigning, but do nothing they promised once elected. Nobody trusts them anymore.
If they are in the minority, they will normally cast meaningless votes designed to "send a message", but in the majority they become frightened of their own shadow.
Trump got elected by feasting on the bloated carcass of the party. If they had any real leaders, he wouldn't have had a chance to win the nomination. Then, while attempting to pass things they claimed to want, they fought him and participated in the character assassination party the dems threw for him over his entire presidency. They even attempted to thwart his nomination in 2016 (voted on by their very constituents) by recruiting Ted Cruz (a guy I was actually willing to go vote for before that happened) to muddy the waters and cause a contested convention so they could appoint Jeb Bush as their representative in the general election.