[Robert DeLong]

so vile to the GOP base that he’d rip the party to shreds

Apparently this was never the feeling of the base or they wouldn't have been voting for him. I think the writer meant the GOP establishment.

[Grampa Dave]

so vile to the GOP base that he’d rip the party to shreds!

Which is why so many of us will crawl over broken glass to vote for Trump in the primaries and this November.