GOP Is Like The Mafia. They Are A Gang You Can't Get Out Of Without Consequences.
It is amazing how the GOP acts like a gang. If you criticize or do not support "the agenda" you are labeled a traitor. You are threatened, ridiculed, intimidated and suffer all means of vicious harassment. You are set upon to be destroyed and shunned. You must tow the line no matter what. You must continually show and prove your loyalty to the upper echelon.
There are so many instances where the lives of people who have recanted and left the GOP are faced with real danger. Their lives and reputations face destruction. They are particularly good at silencing people. If you are not a GOPPER and you cross them and have a recognizable and influential public presence they go after, they go after your family, they even go after you children and they will even poison your dog. They send hoards of "harpies" toward you.
The only thing the GOP does not do YET is issue concrete shoes.