He spent 30 years telling conservative voters that Democrats were socialists. He endorsed Thomas, Alito and Roberts. He deified Reagan.

He primed the voters of his party and courted them with implicit racism and sexism. He ignored immigration and the deficit when Republicans were in office and railed against them when Republicans were out.

His problem was he made a lovely mob mentality only to have it hijacked by a grifter.

He's not the only one but he was a big part of why we're here.