Bootlicking.

Is it really though? Not trying to start a fight; I’m genuinely curious. If they would gleefully vote for him again does it even matter?

You lost me at “cognitive”.

Or deliberately misleading.

He’s completely aware. He just knows that the GOP doesn’t give a shit about rules/norms/morals when they feel it benefits “their side”. The hypocrisy is intentional.

This is at the very core of everything that is happening.