We’re all a bit confused by this. Surely Pence would sign all of Ryan’s bills, while not embarrassing the Republicans so much, messing up their legislation, or starting accidental wars. So why not dump him?
I just realized the answer. The entire Republican thing is to promise to hurt the blacks while they cut taxes. That’s all they’ve ever done, and Trump is just the logical extension of that.
Trump hits black people while Congress cuts taxes. It used to be that Congressmen would pretend to hit black people, but now they’ve just farmed that job out to Trump. Getting rid of him would mean they would have to start doing it again, and a) they’re sick of it, b) it gets in the way of cutting taxes, and c) Trump does it so much better than they do.
It’s not that they are afraid his base will punish them for dumping him; the Alabama primary proved Trump’s endorsement is worthless. It’s that if they dump him, they just have to find someone else to shill for white supremacy.
And Pence is only good for hitting the gays.