Republican party is not conservative.
Political parties are not grassroots organizations. They are corporate entities that market a product to voter-consumers. Like any corporation the people making the rules and spending the money care about themselves first and consumers second.
The difference is, Coke and Pepsi compete with 100 other brands; they have to put out a product you like or you’ll go elsewhere. Democrat and Republican elites have rigged election law to effectively keep other brands out. Districts are gerrymandered. Election speech is censored. Except at the margin, election to congress is a lifetime ticket to the gravy train.
Your Republican representative and senator care about what conservatives think – one day, every two years. What the Republican elites care about is themselves. The way to do right by themselves is to use government to do favors for businesses who will turn around and do favors for them (campaign money, hire the wife an $300k, sell land at 1/10th market value). Come election time they’ll hire a consultant to work up a few conservative ads.
The Republican party will not save conservatism.
