If the GOP really cared about the USA, they would not have chosen such a controversial character as their frontrunner.

There is no benefit for the republican party, or for the country, in them elevating a person who is so polarising that he is distateful to elements of their own party who are not part of the cult.

This should have been more of a talking point back in 2016.

It has only become more obvious and extreme since, as his (moral and legal) degeneracy has become increasingly public.