I do not understand why you are being downvoted for what is, essentially, a statement of bald fact and realpolitick. Trump took advantage of a party already we

I do not understand why you are being downvoted for what is, essentially, a statement of bald fact and realpolitick. Trump took advantage of a party already weakened by the Tea Party, and successfully turned it into a cult of personality at a time when the opposition was ideologically unprepared to deal with very real policy issues that their constituents were observing.