I don’t think you can punish the GOP by sitting out a general election because they are quite happy with losing (McCain, Romney, GOP helped destroy Palin, GOP recommended Bush and Pence as VPs, GOP flog themselves for forgiveness when democrats feign outrage at them, on and on). There is a ton of fraud going on where politicians are ripping us off for the megabillionaires they work for. Conservatives want that rooted out. Megabillionaires send frauds like Romney, McCain, and Loeffler in on the GOP ticket to ensure that the fraud is never exposed, either by stalling or by purposefully losing with dignity. Until we form a new party where we can ensure that we aren’t foolishly sending paid actors and actresses on our ticket then we will lose all the time.