Wouda, shouda, couda...People change once they get to Washington. I worked as an economic adviser for Lugar in his first Senate bid. Now, I won't even vote for him. He's pure RINO.
Also, re-read the article an notice CNN's use of emotional words like emboldened, blaze a path to power, audacious, purged and others. Biased reporting doesn't have to deal just with skewing the news, painting it with dark colors has the same effect.
Maybe Trump would be good. He is pretty hard headed. Besides he might just Fire a bunch of useless agencies. EPA...Your Fired! Hey that feels good.