I would encourage everyone to read this:
The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
The things that are happening now, the disregard for legislative custom and tradition...willingness to set aside the rule of law when convenient...the precedent for the use of mob violence and protest to intimidate lawmakers...the introduction of amoral legislators who's only real goal is their own accumulation of power...are anything but new.
The American Left is little more than the latest version of the popularis faction that destroyed the Roman Republic through demagoguery, disdain for the rule, disregard and condemnation of constitutional traditions, and a selective moral narcissism.
The lesson for the "old school" constitutionalist "optimates" of our time is to not ignore the genuine concerns of the people...if they/we do...the popularis will use that kernel of genuine need and turn it into a tool of revolution and destruction. So, in the midst of this revolutionary climate, we constitutionalists must be fervent and devotional in our efforts to address the "real" concerns of the people...we cannot allow ourselves to be "demagogued" into the role of uncaring hard liners, unwilling and unable to address the needs of the populace. So we must, as conservatives, be ACTIVE in improving the lives of individual Americans...our constitutionality must co-exist with visible and public works to improve the lives of the middle class.
We've already had "optimate" congressman (Scalise) shot up on a softball field by a product of the Left's demagoguery...leaders accosted and assaulted while on private business with their families in restaurants and other public venues...do not make the mistake of thinking that was anything other than the beginning of their use of violence to attain their means.
The rule of law, and of the constitution, is disintegrating...and this is not incidental. Its a deliberate and concerted effort of the extreme left...and in this description I refer to the AOC wing of the party (the more moderate Dems simply being useful idiots and weak kneed accomplices).
I am not, and never have been, a "sky is falling" conservative...I despise political "conspiracy" theories as a genre of interpretation for political events. But...only a fool would pretend that there is anything less than a concerted effort going on, from the Left, to bring down the Republic as we have known it and to replace it with a facade that will surely appear similar on the surface...but which in action is little more than a cover for the Far Left's permanent assumption of power.
I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say there is a hint of gunpowder in the air after every speech made by the Dem "Socialists"...they want revolution, not reform, though they are clever enough at this point to dress it up as "social justice".
