In the course of the last 15 years, the GOP has:
Revealed that a large portion of our citizens are racists and bigots, and that they will vote with that as their lone motivation without regard to resulting policy, or reality for that matter.
Revealed the extent that an entire nation can be herded around like frightened cattle by playing on peoples’ irrational fears.
Revealed that the corporate media, as far reaching and wide ranging as it is, is completely coopted in service to profit and exists to maintain the control of the 1%; that it will treat fantasy and absurdities as legitimate discussion, and treat absurd and corrupt individuals as legitimate government officials; will repeat propaganda and lies as if they’re reality regardless of the availability of contrary evidence, and will allow people with glaring conflicts of interest to hide their conflicts and go unchallenged; will ignore illegalities on every level and restrict topics of discussion to those which don’t threaten profits and the status quo.
Revealed that by a sufficiently well-funded and prolonged assault on truth and reality, they can create a virtual reality where they and their policies are legitimate, and then impose it on the US.