I'm glad you used a substitute word so we can read your comment.
He was about to say religious conservatives are the GOP's "stormtroopers"!
You think it's the atheists in the GOP who perform that function?
Hey, every party has to have an activist cadre if they plan on winning elections.
Do you deny that religious conservatives are among the most actively involved in precinct organizations and county central committees in many states?
"Stormtroopers" has a distinctive Nazi connotation. Which is why he stopped himself from completing the word. But he revealed his mind to us.