The Reps are indeed screwed. More than most of the other hippocrats in congress, they're serving the interests of the Business Elite, and those people are noted for not caring about people other than themselves. If the very rich have decided that wildly unpopular things must be done to secure the wealth of the wealthiest, then it will be the Republicans who will pay the price of doing it for them.
But they gave up on fiscal conservatism in the 80's. Anyone who thinks it's more recent than that isn't looking at the actual legislation being pushed.
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