that is the trump faction is the dominant faction in the republican party, who believes that democrats in all sorts of ways, from vaccine mandates to, you know, quote, cancel culture, are irrevocably transforming america, and therefore any means necessary is justified to oppose that. you know, we are living through the most sustained kind of threats or implications of violence in congress itself since the 1850s, since charles sumner was caned by a south carolina house member. you know, we are seeing a majority of republican voters say in polls that the traditional way of life, american way of life is disappearing so fast we may have to use force to save it. that is translating not only in polls but the kind of threats we see to public health workers and local government officials and school board members. this is a very dangerous moment, and the mainstream of the