To understand the mentality behind this move, you have to understand the mindset of the GOP establishment. These people like to lose. It's comfortable to them. The National Review, that august institution of pseudoconservative thought, embraces this attitude with their tag line: "Standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'" It's like they get a sexual thrill out of laying down and giving concession speeches (there is a reason the term "cuckservative" caught on so easily after all). As long as they have their think tank sinecures, conservatives are happy to be the controlled opposition, where they can whine about Obamacare and tax rates. It's pure kabuki theater.
So when a guy comes along who is utterly gaping everyone in his path, they don't know how to respond. "Not a conservative!" they lisp. "R-racist!" they point and sputter, in the hopes of getting a pat on the head from liberals who will hate them anyway. It's a disgusting display (it's disgusting) and shows definitively that they absolutely do not care about the average Republican voter beyond LARPing as Christians every couple years before cruising the D.C. bathhouses
I mean, I actually am sympathetic to the idea that the Dept. of Education is super wasteful and probably does more harm than good and especially when you consider the opportunity cost, but HOW CAN IT POSSIBLY BE A WINNING STRATEGY to be like "yeah im getting rid of education and I'm gonna **** the environment up the ass" even on the Republican side?
loooool at getting rid of the IRS btw, a better way to reduce the deficit would be to triple the IRS budget. You can talk about simplifying tax code and thats obviously decades overdue, but the IRS is a moneymaker not a money loser
If these guys are all gonna wear the same uniform (generic charcoal suit, blue tie) then couldnt we have made that uniform like a 1920's fancy lad sailor outfit with big lollipops or something? You know, something commensurate with the content?