Quit being afraid of the big bully. Just do it! If you do the right thing we have your back. Make an attempt towards balancing the bloated budget, set some priorities (if PP falls out so be it), and be honest! Again, quit worrying about what the big bully might do and act, but don’t act stupid!
“If you do the right thing we have your back.”
I think it’s time to realize that the “we” in your equation is no longer a factor. The mainstream of the American people have the least influence of any factor in any debate or legislation. It’s been that way for a while now. I would go so far as to say that the mainstream of the American people are the smallest factor in the coming elections if they are any factor at all. The influence lies in the concerns of LGBT, BLM, the MSM, illegal aliens, Feminists, and Environmentalists. Alone, they would constitute little threat to the values and character of the nation. Together, they constitute an almost certain death of America as we know it and the birth of a Communist/Marxist regime that bears little or no resemblance to the nation we have known.
That doesn’t mean that I disagree with your exhortation to do the right thing and stand up against the bullies. It’s the right thing to do even if it’s the last thing we do.