Op-Ed: For Years, The Republican Party Has Functioned Less Like A Coaching Staff And More Like A Pep Squad—Cheering Whatever The Party Does, Demanding Loyalty Over Results, And Treating Accountability As Betrayal. Campaign Promises Go Undelivered. Party Principles Are Ignored. Voters Are Told To Clap Anyway. And Now The Scoreboard Is Lighting Up Red—In The Worst Way.