Well, to be fair, Hillary Clinton didn’t get elected president (thank goodness), which points to us still being a Republic (although just barely).
I personally adhere to neither, though: I’m more of a “Rule of God” if I must be honest (ie, God alone is in charge, we don’t question God, just believe in God, he cannot be wrong, and heck, God by virtue of being in charge isn’t even bound by ideology, and will sell humanity down the river if he so desires, and just so we’re clear, by “God”, I mean the Judeo-Christian God, the father of Jesus. It’s sort of similar in ideology to Oligarchy, only in this case, Men aren’t even in charge, just God.).
Failure to elect Hillary Clinton does not mean we are a republic.
It’s about Rule Of Law. About no one being above the law. If you kept classified documents at your house, you’d be in jail. Not Hillary. As Comey said, “no reasonable prosecutor” would pursue charges against Hillary. Because the Law doesn’t matter. The fear of Arkancide matters.
I agree with you about God being in charge. But Christianity isn’t “whatever”. It isn’t a guessing game. We have the Bible. We have the Word. We have been told how to live and the Word is eternal and unchanging. A republic is supposed to follow a similar model. But an Oligarchy is more like “New commandments every day. Because I said so.”