I not only applauded, I stared into the applause icon and now I must douse my eyes with milk.

Yes, the real Edmund Burkian conservatives saw through the psychogyrations of Trump early on and held to their principles, such as they are. Unfortunately those under-the-rockers who seldom vote saw a chance to paint their faces and shriek the big FU to DC, and now they look around and see that they have actually made it on to some kind of team, so they will be around for awhile. They have arrived.

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