It's very easy to understand Republicans. They've lost control of the culture, their little feelings are hurt and so they're going to lash out and punish everyone else whether or not it's constitutional or makes any damn sense. Conservatives are not going to regain the culture by force. Women will not go backwards. Americans of color will not go backwards. Gay and trans people are not going back in the closet. Conservatives are pushing this country toward violence and they will lose, just as they lost the Civil War.