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Originally Posted by SARAFIL
Yea, fair point. They’ve really put themselves out of favor w/ the current R party. I guess the question is, if Trump loses, what does the R party of 2022-2024 look like? Will Don Jr, Matt Gaetz, etc. carry the torch? Hawley/Cotton?Ben Sasse? If the party pivots, they could help pick up the pieces. If Trump 2.0 is the future, they’re done.
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I am having trouble imagining a calmer/gentler/saner Republican Party emerging. I think the coalition of religious (largely christian but also a bit of orthodox, at least in my part of the world), rural, white, south & midwest, traditionalist, individualist, populist is here to stay. They'll look for a less terrible messenger than Trump but that voter bloc is not small.