The GOP is afraid of everything.
Government shutdowns
Not being liked by the media
Deportations
Obamacare repeal
Won’t prosecute anyone in the Obama admin because they’re afraid it will look political
Afraid Democrats will call them mean
etc.
etc.
etc.
All they do is run scared
Republicans used to be skeptical of free trade, open borders, and nation-building foreign policy. Now they're trying their hardest to outdo the Democrats on all of the above.