They've already tried their shit in a small town. Got hit by a chair, and someone swam in from two counties over to beat their asses. Didn't need guns or weapons, just a wholesome ass beating.
while I get and in many ways agree with the sentiment, it is truthful to assert that there was a time when if the Republican Party lost elections, they would actually change their platform and try to win back voters. As American popular culture has shifted more and more to the left, however, now that it's pretty much unthinkable for the electoral map of 1984 to happen again, and they see it as an existential threat.