Thats because the tail is really huge compared to the rest of the dog. Looking back it sticks out like a second nose that the GOP and its media propaganda outlets have for decades been deliberately encouraging their voters to be less informed, less openminded, less self-critical, more guidable about Party-line rhetoric, and more paranoid and distrustful of any other viewpoints. That has now reached a point where a large number of their supporters are simply no longer functionally capable of rational thought, And they really have only themselves to blame.
With Trump and DeSantis leading their sorry group of underwhelming contenders I honestly at this point have little hope that they can resurrect their position as a viable counterweight in are two arm form of democracy! Over the last ten years I have increasingly lost respect for the so-called moderates in the Republican party as they have condemned there party and the country to not only the worst person to ever become president, but also enable him to this day. At this point any attempt to take the party back to its moniker “ Grand Old Party “ Is like to trying to get back into the plane after the parachute fails.