in a race to dumbest between gop politicians and their MAGA voters, those voters' lead seems insurmountable and permanent.
here is why :

a. rightwing media sets a false narrative that every institute is broken and we need a radical reformer, no matter how ignorant, to fix it.
- the case for this is mostly set by trump breaking scotus, among the least trusted institute along with congress.
- given the level of intelligence needed for potus, the bar for intelligence and experience for his appointees will be permanently low.

b. make sure that 'retribution' is somehow more important than any actual job responsibility...just dont bring it up during the hearing.
- within days after appointment, hegseth made targeting milley a priority. i guess repeatedly saying 'warfighter' while sober meant something to somebody.

c. so now, we have tulsi and kash, the remaining gaetz-level candidates, ready to ignore actual functions of their job for trumps' retribution. which is somehow going to benefit MAGA, and make them rich via crypto i guess. let the weave continue.