Thank you for stating what I meant far more deliberately than I. Your post is exactly what I was trying to convey, not that he has to change what he stands for, just craft it in ways that doesn’t kookify himself.
We are not the ones who elect these GOP candidates, we’re the base.
“..not that he has to change what he stands for, just craft it in ways that doesn’t kookify himself.”
Even when someone is an “outsider” and “just plain folk”, they still need to be a “politician” if they want to get elected.