Respect to Ron for walking the walk, but the point shouldn't be to win, not for him. Ran in my 8th election this year. Ate shit in some form or another every time but learned something every time. The point is to run and survive and repeat. Of what I saw of Ron he did indeed eat shit and there would be lessons to learn. He needs to publicly share his experience so others may run. They are not better than us, the average person should look forward to running, not fear it, or even worse see it as something above them. "The Plan" was never to be saved by someone, I hate that this obviously lazy impression is the dominant one. The Plan is for every individual to take control of their lives, including their form of Government.
This understanding should make clear and end conversations of a Trump level endorsement.