I always laughed when people said Republican's were tiki-torch wielding racists. If someone told me a Republican President would minimize and justify a nazi running over a protester I would have thought them mad. Now the GOP is on the hunt to expunging those who spoke out against Trump. Flake, McCain, and Graham are pretty much universally despised here. In fact there are some here that would say they are worse than democrats.
You have been reading to much Invar rhetorical fear driven fiction.
Why did Flake withdraw from running again? Ya still gotta win elections. Weak Republicans earned their place, on the outs IF that is even true.
The people of Arizona might just be fed up with weakness on illegal immigration by McCain and Flake. Same for Graham in SC.
In the case of the NC trajedy I saw films depicting a young guy in a panic get scared, make an awful mistake. I did not see premeditation, however. Wrong yes. Tragic yes. A sign about the political right in America, no.
I attended the Trump rally in Costa Mesa, CA. Mostly I wanted to see the reality, versus the claims by both democrats and other Republicans.
I found his supporters to be younger, more diverse, and totally unlike the lies being spread in the media.
The only violence was from the left.