(Washington DC) As trump enters the second week of office, issuing executive orders en masse that caused sweeping changes to the political landscape, republican leaders are becoming concerned that fear among their electorate is approaching lows not seen in four years. Lawmakers are apprehensive, as push button issues appear to be addressed by gross overreaches of power, greatly reducing the anxiety of republican voters.

“Last week,” said one aide who asked not to be named, “you could say DEI or immigrant drug pedophile, and have a turkey elected as governor of a red state. Now, although nothing has really changed, it appears to have changed… which is the worse thing we could possibly face.”

“I think we won,” said Leo Sturbgetter, a cow detangler in rural Arkansas. “All that DEI is gone, trump said so. It even snowed last week. Take that, global warming.”

Signs of weakening in the power of fear are apparent in state politics, as Ron DeSantis faced pushback from his immigrant crisis special session of state government, which instead gabbled his session closed and discussed reasonable steps to meet immigrant issues in the state. “You wouldn’t see this under Biden,” the afore-mentioned aide stated. “Two weeks ago they would have barricaded the doors in case an immigrant might wander in during session. The tension is leaving the room, and with this, reasonable legislation might be a possibility.”

With paranoia that democrats would attempt to steal their idea of attacking the free transition of power fading, and an electorate so unaware how the legal process of overturning executive overreach works that they could not finish this sentence out loud, republicans are facing the worst possible circumstance as a party of opposition - the illusion of victory. “We won,” Loe Sturbgetter reiterated. “Soon eggs are gonna be cheaper than water at Walmart.”

“Republicans can only hope the democrats champion some issue soon that they can complain about,” said one legal scholar, “or there is a possibility the voting base may realize they’re been fooled. Championing the Second Amendment is only a successful strategy if the party is looking outside in fear, rather than inside in anger.”

The president could not be reached from his golf course for comment.