Make no mistake GOPe = Democrat Operatives with “R” by their name.
Anyone who thinks there aren't democratic/leftist plants in the Republican party needs a reality check. Actually, not having very, very, very strict and draconian term limits is a national security risk. Further, having an entrenched hierarchy running the major political parties in the US is also a national security risk - as it centralizes power and allows manipulation of the process outside of the scope of the voters.
If one were a foreign operative looking at the US political system and looking for vulnerabilities to exploit, control of the organizations that run the political parties would be a very inviting target that would provide a route to dilute the power of the voting American public. We should all assume that anything we can think of as potential vulnerabilities, our enemies (foreign and domestic) have also thought of.