85% of americans think that those exceptions should remain a law. the republicans are moving far away from those mainstream positions. they are, nicole. despite that, despite the republican party being a small tent party, the bad guys are winning. the anti-democratic forces in the republican party appear to be ascendant. they re winning these primaries and that s the one place where i disagree with sarah longwell, but the notion that if these people lose in the general election and it s over and the gop will reform, i think is wrong because they didn t learn the lesson the first time. donald trump lost them the white house, lost them the house of representatives, lost them the senate and guess what? republicans didn t get the message. instead they doubled down and tripled down on the pro-trumpy intimidation message that the