meltdown subsequent to his election is what allowed them to germinate and flourish.

You are wrong about what moved independently minded Republicans (including this Jeb Bush supporter) firmly into President Trump’s corner. Immediately upon his upset election victory, what we witnessed was complete hysteria on the part of his opposition which included a complicit and overwhelmingly unfair, biased and irresponsible MSM and vicious attacks by prominent members of academia and the entertainment industry. Shortly thereafter, we were inundated with destructive unfounded accusations from the intelligence community and criminal prosecutorial abuse by partisan justice officials intent on bringing down this Presidency. The scorched earth reaction to loss of power by previously leftwing controlled govco institutions has been evident in one failed desperate attempt after another. This desperation was also apparent in the disgusting, scumbag tactics used by Democrats to attempt to destroy a conservative SCOTUS nominee.

Meanwhile, the core Republican tenets of strong defense, private sector jobs, responsible national security and less government regulation have been promoted by this Administration and observable to unaffected fair-minded citizens. We are not oblivious to this President’s faults but even less blind to the reprehensible false destructive conspiracies perpetrated by those who oppose him.