The Republican National Committee (RNC) faced withering online criticism on Black Friday after it hawked items in Donald Trump`s online store.

The RNC tweeted: There`s only one thing better than a Black Friday deal … and that`s a Trump Black Friday deal.

It`s a Black Friday indeed for the Republican Party, they`ve sacrificed their bedrock principles of fiscal conservatism, family values, and a fierce opposition to dictatorships and communist states, for the instant gratification of conservative Supreme Court Justices and tax cuts for the wealthy.

Instead of providing checks and balances on a runaway administration, the Grand Old Party has been reduced to peddling Trump memorabilia. The Trump takeover of the GOP is complete; I`d be hard-pressed to name a Republican leader with a backbone or a shred of dignity.

Thank God the Democrats have regained control of the House, they can provide proper checks and balances on an authoritarian president, and once the Mueller report is released, they will have enough ammunition to impeach him.

I`m not going to buy any Trump merchandise, one day a MAGA hat will be consigned to the dustbin of history along with a Richard Nixon`s the One campaign button.