The elites do not care.
They don't care about the party, the nation, or us.
They care about their own wallets. They have become very wealthy from insider trading, polling, consulting, and lobbying. The power and money trough is what they worship.
This reminded me of Bush when he said: Ive abandoned free-market principles to save the free market system
Except if you replace the word “free-market” with “democratic” you get the following concept: We must abandon democratic principles to save the democratic principles. That is the GOPe motto.