My favorite part (and there are a lot to choose from):
“To me, nothing positive about him could absolve him of his rotten core.”
Too bad it is only the educated ones who are leaving the Republican party. There are still too many ignorant people left in that party to keep it going. Getting Democratic majorities in the state houses is what we need first so that the gerrymandering and voter suppression actions can be undone. Then we might have a shot of getting and keeping a Democratic majority at the Federal level. If we can maintain that majority long enough, the ignorant people may eventually see that they are better off. Republicans will then need to have more moderate candidates in order to win elections consistently.