his followers are still just as dumb and malicious and they’ve infested every nook and cranny of the government like maggots.

Wow mate, let’s not go so far… Maggots are at least good in some situations, as they can remove rotten flesh and speed up recovery, saving people’s limbs and sometimes lives under the right circumstances. If anything, I would say we need maggots in there, to get rid of the rotten ones.