What's a Republican For?

These are some real headscratchers:

If Republicans are for smaller government, why do they keep running for office?

If Republicans are for fiscal responsibility, why are they responsible for most of the national debt since they cut taxes without reducing spending?

If Republicans are for individual rights and freedoms, why do they constantly attack voting and reproductive rights?

If Republicans are for free markets, why do they support tariffs that affect the cost of goods and require subsidies to American producers to compensate for the unintended consequences?

If Republicans are for lower taxes, but lower them mostly for the wealthy, don’t the rest of us wind up subsidizing their lifestyles?

If Republicans are for law and order, why do they support a twice impeached, four times indicted, convicted felon as their standard bearer?

If Republicans are for morality, why do they support a philander, sexual predator, and adjudicated sex offender as their standard bearer?

If Republicans are for the right to life, why does their support for it end at birth?

If Republicans are for investigating and eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and corruption, why is most of it found in the investigations themselves?

If Republicans are for election integrity, why are they deceitfully purging voters from voter rolls and manipulating vote-counting rules to cause chaos and confusion?

If Republicans are for adherence to the Constitution, why are they dismantling the guardrails between the three branches of government, and abandoning norms, customs, and convention?

If Republicans are for a strong national defense, why do they align themselves with our most unsavory adversaries?

If Republicans are for expelling offspring of immigrants, won’t they have to expel themselves?

If Republicans are for strong borders, why do they oppose actions and safeguards that are feasible, and support ones that are just for show?

If Republicans are for making America great again, why didn’t they just leave it as great as it was and improve it from there?

After pondering these, one can only conclude that the Republican Party has lost its way. Our democratic republic needs a vibrant and honorable counterbalance to the Democratic Party. Perhaps it’s time for true Republicans to silence the imposters in their midst who call for their supporters to take back our country, by calling for other Republicans to take back their Party.