Yes, it certainly was headed in that direction. Trump shook everything up by demonstrating how a president with backbone could fight back against both RINOs and their leftist allies; and then having the election openly stolen in 2020 Finally galvanized street level conservatives -- and even some supposedly conservative politicians -- to dig in their heels, grit their teeth and then fight back in the face of tremendous blow-back and rage from the fanatically leftist loyal mainstream media outlets AND an increasingly weaponized justice department and federal bureaucracy.