Of Loyalty and the Constitution
A free nation is held together by others helping each other when in need. In this current state of government, that has not been happening.
The Constitution was not written to elevate leaders above criticism. It was written to give ordinary people grounds to resist them when necessary. Loyalty to a single figure is easy. Loyalty to a set of rules, especially when inconvenient, is harder.
Ask yourself this plainly:
If the same powers were wielded by someone you distrusted, would you still defend them?
If the answer is no, then the issue is not ideology. It is power.