they'll push a woman and dare dems to attack them most likelya woman isnt winning the republican primary. those voters are going to pick whoever the most red meat alpha male on the stage
its more important to them to chop them democrat's legs out than rile up their base now. anyone can do that... probably best for the GOP to have a lot of smaller, different types of Trumps that they can call on when needed than to have a big one as president that they can't control that well.