What don’t you understand about this? They ARE part of the process. A horrible part of the process, but a part of the process nonetheless. And as a part of the process, they are something he needs to contend with.

I dunno what happened to Jezebel since I got re-grayed, but it seems that right-wing apologetics have taken over and a $350,000-per-chair fundraiser—even unholy by Republican standards—is now just “how the sausage gets made”.