Your post is an example why the Republicans will never change and become a Trumpian populist nationalist working persons party.
OK. Not sure I see that but first amendment... I see that life is a process of working towards goals pragmatically, accepting interim gains as a necessary step on the way even if the immediate result is less than satisfactory. If we hold out for purity we will not achieve what others can achieve with a focused vision and compromises to achieve the leverage to make real change.
It’s about moving forward towards a goal within the bigger picture.
Would our country have been better with another pro-life Governor, with a man who was willing to make pension changes to get the State out of a spiral to the red? I say yes. Warts & all.