Man-up or (like Sarah says) get back in the truck.
“Hey, Mitch, newsflash-—the rats don’t like you and they never will. So, put your big-boy pants on, change the rules and ram whatever you like down their throats...again and again”..........
Doing so might even get you re-elected again, “business as usual” will send you our to pasture. Its your choice dumb ass.