Donald Trump's next book:How To Destroy The Republican Party In Only Four Years

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(01-06-2021, 11:28 AM)Nately120 Wrote: Once Trump loses the GOP label he's going to fall off the political map. MAGA types will like him but any Republican candidate is going to say you can like Trump but a 3rd party can't win  and a vote for him is a vote for my commie, abortion loving opponent. 

(01-06-2021, 11:32 AM)Au165 Wrote: You are making an assumption that the "MAGA types" will heed to logic, as if we have ever seen any proof of that to this point. If Donald Trump still tells them to not show up or vote for some Q-Anon supporter they will. He doesn't care if Republicans lose and his base will simply say the Republicans are part of the deep state. Have you been to Parler lately? 

Trump is not going away and the party is not going to magically go back to normal. If he does start up a news channel or buy OAN/News Max then this whole thing is only going to get crazier.

Most cults start to fade once the leader is gone.  It will take time and there will be others who want the mantle of leadership (Hawley, Cruz, Jordan, etc) but they lack the 40 years of publicity to maintain that kind of following.

What we will probably see is a return to "Democrats are wasting your tax money" and a focus on that vs the conspiracy stuff so much, the deficit will matter again and "socialism" will rear it's ugly head.

But the conspiracy talk will get relegated to the OANN and Newsmaxx.  It will always have an outlet on social media and there will always be believers.

The question is if the old guard of the GOP can hold the groups together.  And with the redistricting coming they will do everything in their power to shore up their gerrymandered districts to ensure they continue to hold power even if only a minority of the electorate supports them.

And ever that will change as population shifts and makeup changes over time.

They will either have to change with the times or risk being left behind eventually.

Just my opinion.