The GOP at It's Foreseeable Conclusion

On Tuesday, a day nominally devoted to “making America work again,” Republicans took this demagoguery to the next level, broadcasting a virtual show trial in a clear effort to delegitimize the Democratic presidential candidate as a political actor. “Since the Justice Department refuses to allow you to render a verdict, let’s present the case now, on the facts, against Hillary Clinton,” said Chris Christie, in his primetime speech, less a brief for Donald Trump and more a jeremiad against the sins—real and imagined—of the Democratic presidential nominee. With each charge against Clinton, the delegates screamed in hatred, breaking into chants of “Guilty!” and “Lock her up! Lock her up!”

  Slate

Much like any Trump speech scenario.  Crazies. They've been building to this for a long time. It's a little frightening to see it actually happening.

Walk around the Quicken Loans Arena and you’ll see vendors hawking a variety of anti-Clinton gear, from buttons and knick knacks, to shirts with slogans like “Trump That Bitch” and “Clinton Sucks But Not Like Monica.” I have yet to hear an attendee use this rhetoric, but I’ve seen plenty purchase a T-shirt, or at least smile at the men selling the shirts.

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If Monday’s program represents the triumph of nativism in the Republican Party, as the GOP succumbs to Trump’s virulent strain of Know-Nothingism, then Tuesday’s events show the extent to which Trump’s authoritarianism has supplanted small government as the creed of the national Republican Party. [...] Christie told a group of donors that a President Trump would purge his government of officials hired or appointed by Obama. As my colleague Elliot Hannon notes, “[W]hat Christie is proposing resembles more of a witch hunt where federal staffers will be judged by their loyalty to the regime,” as opposed to the usual churn that comes with a new administration.

Sounds a little Turkish.

And, even if Trump does not make the cut, these people are not going to just fade away.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.