GOP Politicians are not actually personally less honorable then they were in 1973

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Strange that you seem to think acquiescing to the whims of voters is what makes a group of politicians honourable. The GOP may be following its base, which you identify as some perverse example of loyalty, but what you seem unable to confront is the fact that the party is following its base to hell and horror. The views and actions of today’s GOP, including its voters, are inherently dishonourable, “representation” be damned, precisely because the well-being of the country is not top of mind—craven, corrupt, incompetent Trump is. The GOP of 1973 wanted to put country first, which makes them definitionally more honourable. Look at what their aims are, not how loyal they are in pursuing them.