"It's OK if you're a Republican" really means there is no more
Rule of law in this country. Oh sure, there are authorities that can slap you in jail at the drop of a hat. They've made ubiquitous things (e.g. smoking pot) illegal just for that purpose. So most anyone who goes against the crime syndicate or makes noise can be swiftly dealt with.
But the people running the mob, the real owners of the country....well, there is no law for them. They can commit treason (!) and there is no one left to impose consequences on them. It has led to the most blatant hypocrisy.
We are a country with one party rule now, both in spirit and fact. The media hold Democrats to a standard that is never required of Republicans, and Democrats seem to just take it. We are like Iraq under the Baathists.
With no rule of law, there is nothing to stop them.
"The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater."
-Frank Zappa
Donald Trump, and three branches controled by the GOP, are the brick wall.