My sense is they feel very affirmed when people get mad. "If both sides are angry I'm doing my job," is a line I have heard from a high-level NYT editor, not saying which one.

sorry if you’re marriage pilled if you want to have a party and vows I think that’s swag but I don’t agree with the legal hierarchy based on intimacy type shit that results from this ancient property relation

back in the 60s, conservatives didnt trust the gop establishment. they saw them as giving in to the left. they staged an insurgency and took over the party. this led to goldwater who was destroyed. but then they got

reagan
bush ii
gingrich
trump

this is the model.