text: I know it is possible for traditional Republicans to organize, finance and push back against the extremists in their midst.
  But when a guy like Ed Gillespie is using racism in the Virginia governor’s race, it’s obvious that this process has not yet begun.
  One has to wonder how much of the racist animus is promoted and fostered by Russian propaganda and echoed by Republican Party members primarily because it's an amplified version of it's own dog whistle politics.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gillespie
  The Republican Party could very well be colluding with Russia down-ticket as well as in the presidential election.
  Once shown to be effective, Republicans would have no qualms about being subservient as long as it got them election results.
  Party before Nation being their working motto today.