Hubby and I have been discussing this same issue recently.
Both the Democrats and the GOP want the Republican voters to return to the Romney/Ryan-supporting voters of a couple decades ago. They want to convince us to vote for the party that supports large corporations and “reasonable immigration reform”, i.e. amnesty. They want us to once again concede the cultural wars and ignore the fact that doing so for decades while being told that such would remain on college campuses is what has brought us to this point.
If we return to supporting the GOP establishment then they might consider letting a few GOP candidates win their elections since they could be counted on to support most of the policies of the left without too much opposition.
This insistence of GOP voters in wanting Constitutional-supporting representatives has cramped the style of both parties in D.C. The GOP recognizes that they cannot win without the support of Trump voters. I’ve asked before what they plan to do and how they expect to win without those votes. I believe the plan is to convince us to abandon our principles and return to supporting their own.
Or, it could be that they prefer being in the permanent minority. As such they do not have to actually do anything but can still ask for donations and make promises they have no intention or even chance in keeping.
I’ve been on a lifetime journey myself through all this the “Religious Right” Republican Party fights I’m pulled back from politics right now need to maintain sobriety I figured out I was drunk.
Hope you don’t get too angry about this I certainly can descend there I have to accept things I can’t change but I must change things I can about my participation in things.