The Trump era has been a tough time to be in the political center. The Republican party has spent the last 8 years abandoning its principles in service of Donald Trump and other unserious attention-seekers. In the process they have been transformed into a party that mirrors the grievance-filled apocalyptic faux-populism of their standard-bearer and jettisoned any semblance of a vetting process for those welcomed into their coalition. Hence, the party of pro-life evangelicals is also the party that invited Kid Rock and an influencer with an OnlyFans account to present at their convention.