Note, they didn't say Republican, they said "Republican" The Dem Convention was filled with "Republicans." There were/are a fair number that tried pushing bac

Note, they didn't say Republican, they said "Republican" The Dem Convention was filled with "Republicans." There were/are a fair number that tried pushing back against the Tea Party first, then Trump (remember "Never Trump" Republicans? Or "Log Cabin" Republicans?). The issue is not that Republicans went crazy; it's that party dynamics shifted. So, consistent with your surprise, there's a word for, , as GP put it, "Republicans": "Democrats"