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Would you though? Would you really? If you got a email of a photo of your family getting out of their car at Target or Walmart, would you really think, yeah, I'm willing to trade the life of my spouse and kids for this job? Would you be willing to do it that if you took it to the police and they just shrugged and said they didn't see anything actionable? The fact that we haven't heard of political figures being assassinated by Trump supporters yet doesn't mean that it's not going to happen; religious fanatics have blown up doctors offices and killed doctors to 'save babies', and Trump cultists literally believe he was chosen by their god to rule.
Asked and answered, it’s not going to change because you rephrased the question.
Bluntly, I don't believe you.
It wasn't all that long ago that people got lynched in the part of the country I live in. A candidate running against MTG--she's the next district over from me--had so many death threats and close calls that his wife divorced him and he ended up having to move out of the state to save his own life. Maybe you would be dumb and principled and do the right thing though; if so, you'd probable end up dead, esp. in a lot of the states that have really deep red pockets. Then the next person who takes the job, well, they're probably be a lot less interested in being right and dead, and more interested in being able to go home at night.
Good thing I’m not Tinker Bell and don’t need your belief to have strength in my convictions.
Cowards often like to believe others are just as cowardly as them, it helps rationalize their world view.