How will real Republicans respond to Trump's term?

A second Trump term will have a larger impact on certain groups than others. One of them is the Republican Party. The party of Regan is dead, or so Trump would like you to believe. Now let us see if real Republicans will finally grow a backbone.

The Republican Party I grew up with loved the Constitution. Trump is on a mission to destroy it. A job he started Jan. 6 and is aided by a Supreme Court that is more a Republican Calafat than a protector of the Constitution. The Supreme Court made Trump above the law. Now Trump wants the Senate to simply recess so his picks get no scrutiny at all. So much for the separation of powers.

The old Republican Party believed in small government which was close to the people. They used to support local control. The Trump party is planning to hand control to Elon Musk so he can deregulate anything billionaires don’t like.  

Regan believed America was the city on a hill and demanded that Gorbachev “tear down this wall.” Trump’s America First has already told Putin he can do anything he wants to Ukraine and Europe. NATO, what NATO?

The real question is what will Republicans do? Most real Republicans still love our Constitution with its checks and balances. But is their country more important than the buffoon who has bullied them into silence? With Trump weaponizing the DOJ I don’t have much hope.

MARY HALEY

Sandpoint