If Trump loses, how does the GOP rebuild? I don't think they can run another racist with the

[Quixote1818]

changing demographics. I think Trump got in by the skin of his teeth taking that route. In the future I think that gets harder and harder. Once he loses he will be radioactive to the GOP. A lot of his supporters will say they never liked him. Seems like the GOP will have to go back to the George Bush route courting latino's and minorities and this is going to turn off their base.

[dhill926]

1. with any luck at all...they can't...

[uponit7771]

2. K&R, It depends on how dems label the kGOP and make it stick. If we're going to rub on their backs

... and act like their will be better days expect them to come back with more racism.

If we're going to choke the shit out of them till their last breath with jail time, fines and social demeaning the kGOP will be reformed to what we saw in Eisenhower admin.

[dem4decades]

3. Let's win this one first, then fuck them, they can crawl under a rock.

[Jamastiene]

4. I hope you are right, but I doubt it.

Where I live, racism rules. In most of the country, most of the "flyover" states and the south, racism is still front and center. There are lots of hate groups even in the "blue" states like California and NY.

So, they could run another racist easily. I see where it might not work nationwide, if we were talking about population, but we still have the electoral college. I think they can keep right on running racists for ages, considering how the electoral college is set up and how resistant to changing it the vast majority of our politicians are.

Don't kill the messenger. I'm not saying it is right or that I agree with it at all. I wish I could get rid of racism, personally. I despise it. I am just pointing out what is our reality, when it comes to the electoral college and just how bad racism STILL really is in America. The GOP could run racists forever and still get a lot of votes in America.

We need to make it so racism becomes not "normalized." Right now, especially, there is a resurgence of it. Racism has always been part of America, but for a while was considered something we should work on. Somewhere along the way, people stopped working on it and now here we are, back to square one. Racism is normalized. We need to make sure people know that is NOT normal, to un-normalize it somehow, if that makes any sense.

[gopiscrap]

14. except AR GA TX and NC are changing because of high Latino populations coming of age

if they lose FL or TX game over. Remember NC wentr D once in the last 3 elections and FL went D twice in the last 3 elections VA 3 out of 3

[Jake Stern]

17. Until the Trump packed courts

get done rubber stamping laws against undocumented immigrants.

[captain queeg]

5. All the rethugs that get voted out need to be prevented from getting lucrative lobbying jobs

I hope we have a blue wave and shut down K street.

[Wounded Bear]

6. I really don't care, do you?

If Repubs never win another election, America will be a better place.

Time for the Repub party to go the way of the Whigs.

[andym]

7. GOP Rebuild?

They have the Supreme Court, and a majority of states are red. They have aces in the holes with Fox News and talk radio to bind and manipulate their voters. They will be fine--unfortunately.

[Jake Stern]

10. This right here

In another OP I spoke of a Trumper relative who told me, point blank, that he didn't care if Trump loses in November because he's packed the courts with so many of his appointees that "liberals won't get anything done for the next 25 years" and by then he'll be dead.

[dustyscamp]

15. Ugh, I wish all these Cons just croaked

[Hortensis]

24. THIS, except for the "will be fine" part. Too soon to say.

They've committed to the destruction of representative government to survive, and most of their voters will support that. They've also doubled down on being a white power, Christian, male-dominated party with extremist views and agenda.

This is obviously only sustainable if they succeed in taking over and establishing a strong authoritarian government.

Of course you're so right about the power they currently have. But they're a minority, and the majority of the electorate are against them.

Assuming they lose in November, a great deal will depend on how badly. Lost the presidency for one term, or the next decade? Will they keep control of the senate, or are they mostly benched as a party? Regain control of states they lost in 2018, or lose more?

I don't want to think about what would happen if, due to massive election subversion, they were to win in November and resume consolidating power.

[Jake Stern]

8. I respectfully disagree

I believe it will be quite the opposite: he'll settle into role of GOP kingmaker. He rouses their base in a way that no other Republican since Reagan has and aspiring Republican candidates will be jetting to Florida to kiss his ring and secure his blessing.

[imanamerican63]

9. As Melania says "I don't care! Do you?"!

[Takket]

11. that's a hypothetical game i want to play but not until november lol

[Hekate]

12. Racism's all they know. The only diff this time was the all-out Gov George Wallace populist racism

...not the "soft" racism they've been peddling since Nixon. They'll probably go back to dog-whistles for the knuckle-draggers, plus a slew of candidates that can present themselves to suburban women as sort of polite conservatives.

As Michelle Obama would say: Don't Be Fooled.

[ThoughtCriminal]

13. The GOP will eract the same way they always do

Move farther to the right.

It doesn't matter if they win or lose, that is how they have reacted to every win and every loss. Positive feedback loops will do that.

And yes, they will not have any trouble deciding that Trump's failures were due to him being "too close to the middle" and not being a "true" conservative. As extreme as the GOP has already become, there is still plenty more over the next hill.

They will look back to 2010 for strategies and weaponize them for 2022.

[misanthrope]

16. Since I think the good of the United States should be utmost

I would prefer to see them moderate. Going back in the direction of Ike or Rockefeller Republicans would be preferable to their current Know-Nothing identity.

[Cicada]

18. They're toast

As the old die off and the young replace them the Republican Party will cease to be a national party.

[Polybius]

19. Here's a better question: If he loses, does he run in 2024 if he's healthy enough?

I think he could win the nomination again.

[Jake Stern]

21. Worked for Grover Cleveland

[Totally Tunsie]

20. These days I think of the GOP as the RepubliCANTs.

If nothing else, it's my answer to their incorrect use of "Democrat", as in Democrat Party.

[awesomerwb1]

22. Tom Cotton says hi

That's just one on the list.

You know one of the biggest mistakes Dems make over and over?

Underestimate 'republicans". Those f-ers are worse than cockroaches. They always find a way to gain power.

[ibegurpard]

23. Disagree

This is the best chance for a winning coalition they have. The racism and xenophobia doesnt bother the majority of the anti-taxers enough to abandon the party and it riles up a huge subset that otherwise might sit it out... the "deplorables". I'm seeing the supposed "moderates" using the Trump playbook in primaries now.