You had me up until trying to say that the Republicans are principled.  If they had any principles at all, they would have worked with the Obama administration for the previous 8 years, and they also would be basically ignoring anything that comes out of Trump's mouth.  Instead,they have proven again and again, that they only care about making sure the Democrats don't have any wins, ever, and rallying behind a man who will go down in history as one of the most corrupt Presidents in our history.  They lost the ability to say they have any principles when they decided to do all of the things they complained that the Democrats did.