And BTW, I think there are a lot more NeverTrump folks than NeverCruz folks--so, it's too late to do much uniting under Trump. Most if not all of the credible Christians whom I know--which Christians comprise the historic base [certainly not the elitists] of the Party--regard Trump as an utterly loathsome phony. That's an insurmountable problem, I'm afraid.
I wish none of this were the case. I wish Trump had been more Presidential during his campaign--not a veritable Alinskyite pit bull.
I didn't overlook your essay, I rejected it.
We're not a democracy, we're a representative constitutional republic. That would be your best argument, were you to use it as a premise.