@GNUmatic @AnarchoNinaWrites Yeah, something like that. I mean, they can't effectively be a staged opposition party if they're very openly championing MAGA policies.
There always has to be an intermediary step to provide cover -- a rotating villain within the party (Manchin, Sinema, Kelly, Fetterman, Kaine), a pesky impartial Senate Parliamentarian, seeking the approval of seditionists their speaker seated in Congress... They want Trump policies but need a not-Trump to rally behind.