The health of a political party is similar to our body. The Republican party has been struggling for many years to attract a healthy infusion of new ideas and the result is its weakened immune system that is now unable to fight off the infection of people like MTJ calling for it to end. The writing was on the wall with the Tea Party. But they let it metastasize.
@normsmusic “Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.”
― Barry Goldwater