Riiiight...

The great water rights debacle of 2017. OMG! It's the end of the republic!

Ummm...Gene...

I'd like to point out a small detail you may not have considered.

People who live in the sticks are Tpub voters for the most part.
City dwellers are Democrats for the most part.

At most...It gives die hard altrightpubs another reason to vote for the altrightpubs they were already going to vote for.

In short, not a single vote was lost or gained on this issue (a scrap over water rights.) Not a single political person is worried about being primaried over this. 
Lastly, the issue has to make it through the courts as well. Meaning our Constitution is not under attack. Law and order is winning the day. Isn't that what altrightpubs want? Law and order, right?