I will refer to them only as wingnuts, when Chris Christie is presented as a moderate I start to laugh. The only thing moderate about Chris Christie is that when in need, he deigned to speak with the President. [Hell, even those who voted for him turned around and cancelled some of his vetoes, one wonders why they voted for him, it's a mystery to me.]
When people refer to the Ted Cruz wing of the wingnut party I cross my eyes and wonder how the hell you can have a wing that embraces the whole party?
They are by a vast majority:
Union busting
Anti-education
Anti-science
Anti-women
Anti-public workers
Anti-environment
Anti-government
Anti-Gay
Anti-immigrant
Gun hugging
God clutching
Racist
Flag pin wearing Corporate lackeys
I have seen no backlash against any of these [with any conviction] by the so called moderate wing of the party and until a significant number of them stand up and be counted; then I will refuse to label them as anything but wingnuts.
Just wait until the craziness of their primaries soon to come, they will all flee to the so called "Ted Cruz wing" as if they were in their heart of hearts anything but card carrying members.
The only difference between the Ted Cruz wing and the establishment is that the wingnuts actually verbalize what the establishment holds dear.
Perhaps my vision is skewed by distance, but the Democratic Party reminds me of our mainstream conservative parties here in Europe.
If you vote for these radicals without thinking before you pull the lever as it were, I don't care one iota for what you think you are voting for, just for whom you voted.