Republicans aren't dumb, they're just like every other politician and propagandist, they live only for the here and now, they get paid off now to live lavishly now, and they do this until they die, they care nothing for the future or anyone else, they all have their luxury doomsday bunkers and islands now as well so it doesn't even matter if the charade falls apart, so they can be as sloppy and obvious as they want, they live only for the present moment and fear nothing