He does this in every six-year election cycle. And the GOP leadership always lets those running for reelection don a fig=leaf of conservative cover.
When there is massive talk and action that leads to no substantive result, you can be assured that the “base” is being appeased white business as usual is continuing.
Read this and weep for our country:
https://sidneypowell.com/media/the-ultimate-betrayal-the-truth-about-the-invasion-of-america/
Yeah. It’s the ‘Well I tried’ excuse.