After Trump is gone his base will be desperately looking for a new Messiah.

[Kablooie]

They've been brainwashed into following a deranged leader and will be terrified if there isn't someone telling them what to think.

I'm a little concerned that some savvy charismatic extremist will recognize the opportunity and start corralling the flock for his own run at the presidency.
He/she/it would likely be much more formidable than the buffoon.

[elleng]

1. Maybe, but likely 'several' will show up,

and split the 'base?'

[PJMcK]

40. Yeah, I think so, too

The GOP is going to break apart into various factions. We can see it beginning in yesterday's impeachment vote. The congresspeople who voted for impeachment are the Constitutionalists and these voted against are the seditionists. That second group is going to splinter, as you suggested.

My hope is that the GOP will fatally damage themselves.

[ALBliberal]

2. Josh Hawley could have been that guy. He has the smarts

that Trump lacked and definitely his looks are better than Trump (low bar).
I didn’t know much about him until the insurrection. I’m thankful he was outed as the creep he is. I think he could’ve been their next Messiah. Shudder.

[DFW]

12. Being outed as a creep is no hindrance

Hitler was jailed after the beer hall putsch in 1923. Ten years later, he was Reichskanzler. Ten years after that, he was der Führer, presiding over a war about to go very bad.

[ALBliberal]

14. Good point.

[BusyBeingBest]

3. Yep, they'll be sad little orphans looking for a new daddy for a while.

[SergeStorms]

4. No way Trump is letting...

someone else steal his cult. He worked very hard to cultivate that rabid, bat-shit crazy human dross and he's not letting go of them. He'll find SOMEONE who still has a Twitter account that hasn't been suspended, and he'll work his magic thumbs into a frenzy communicating with them.

Never stand between a bonafide lunatic and his brain-dead cult.

[Kablooie]

8. Without Twitter he has no way to keep them.

He has to keep in constant contact in order to keep them fawning over him.

[SergeStorms]

29. Like I said, he'll find someone...

within his circle and use their account, or create a new one. He'll be back on Twitter, but it won't be as @theRealDonaldTrump, or whatever his Twitter handle is. No way Trump is letting that cult go, and they won't accept any cheap substitutes.

[uponit7771]

20. +1, rational people usually don't understand cults

[procon]

5. But he won't be gone until he is dead,

and a dead martyr is still a powerful attraction to the weak minded. Look, eventually he'll find a way to communicate with his mob and he will be unrestrained and worse than ever.

[uponit7771]

21. +1

[Mopar151]

6. Break the base!

By raising up those willing to rise above misery. Economic justice should be a major part - as should real education.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

7. That's my guess. Wonder how long before they toss him...

... in their waste bin for being too stupid, too weak, or whatever?

His supporters can't blame themselves, of course.

Edit: They'll probably watch the Democrats closely as their guide. "Look at the libs crying about him openly wanting nuclear war! Love those liberal tears!"

[roamer65]

9. L. Ron Trump.

[Kablooie]

10. He'd have to write a book. The art of the steal.

[Captain Zero]

17. Book title more like: Mein Arsch

They would buy it. He will write a book.
Will any publisher touch it?

[Captain Zero]

18. Book title more like: Mein Arsch

They would buy it. He will write a book.
Will any publisher touch it?

[Mariana]

28. I'd rather see him write The Art of the Plea Deal.

I might even read that one.

[Blue Owl]

11. Beelzeblob is a hard act to follow out there on that end of the spectrum

[eShirl]

30. !

[DFW]

13. Several will compete to be that Messiah. One will win the contest.

We dare not overly mock or underestimate him, because the next one will be cleverer and have learned from Trump‘s mistakes.

[Mariana]

24. I think some of the Evangelical preachers will throw their hats in.

They've seen how much money Trump's grifts and scams have pulled in, and you know they want a piece of that action.

[DFW]

34. That is worth considering. After all, God couldn't have wanted just ONE of them to have a plane.

Surely it was meant in the divine scriptures that they ALL should have their own plane.

[AntiFascist]

15. Don't give NBC any more ideas! n/t

[brush]

16. That was exactly Hawley's calculation. Then Cruz jumped in too...

trying to get their share of the magat base. They were too transparent though and jumped stupidly onto the wrong bandwagon, the big lie that the election was stolen.

Looks like both of them are no smarter than trump since they both kept pushing that obvious falsehood. Now they're both hanging onto their seats by their fingernails with donors wanting their money back and local papers calling for their resignations.

Better luck next time, fellas, if there is a next time.

[herding cats]

23. This is basically what I was going to say.

Hawley and Cruz both are already vying for the post, along with many House level reps.

The insurrection they helped lead didn't help any of them cement their roll. The same goes for several ambitious RW governors.

There will be another leader of the Q flock, be sure of that fact. They've not changed, nor learned any sustainable lessons other than to be more cautious what they post. They're still out there, they're still brainwashed and they still believe they're right and everyone else is wrong.

Labeling their sub groups as terrorist is a decent start. If we can squash some of the larger ones they'll lose some of their best organizers. In the end we (as a society) need to regulate what's acceptable dialogue without regard to profit on private platforms. People are herd animals and radicalization happens all too easily. Any and all calls to violence should never be ignored.

[Mariana]

25. Cruz has no chance.

He's so creepy he makes even the MAGAts' skin crawl.

Plus, they don't think he's eligible for the Presidency because he was born in Canada.

[herding cats]

26. He still thought he did.

Yes, he's creepy, but look at Donald Trump. No one saw that one coming either. They all feel emboldened now.

[Harker]

19. There isn't a shortage of fascistic shitheels

itching to be the trumpiest of them all.

It's an easy gig that comes with a huge flock of sheep ready to be fleeced again.

[Doodley]

22. Who is the most racist? He will be their new cult leader?

[TuskMoar]

27. Seems They are Starting a New Party

The Patriot Party with a Lion as their mascot. I wonder how many repubs are going to leave for this new party.

[Volaris]

33. To quote Wierd Al,

'Next up on Fox, watch lions eat Christians'

And that's EXACTLY what will happen as the trump gop devours the evangelical wing of the party.

Glad I'm a co-llapsed catholic lol.

[SWBTATTReg]

31. I'm not concerned or worried one bit. They'll all be fighting each other and crap, kind of

like what's happening now. The gop has got a big ol' mess on their hands and they need to take care of it, it's their mess.

[Volaris]

32. My money's on Hawley; Cruz is a 'known quantity' already.

Hawley is practically a nobody, but he knows what these fools want, and will be happy to deliver for the sake of his own ambition.

[TeamPooka]

35. theres always a new asshole coming down the GOP road

[yonder]

36. Tom Cotton and James Lankford are on my watch list.

[TrollBuster9090]

37. My money is on THIS jug-eared asshole as the next head of the American Fascist Party.

And yeah, he'll be a lot harder to stop, given that he's a war hero. And Fascists love their war heroes.

[littlemissmartypants]

38. Sean Feucht is my bet. He certainly fits the MO.

Sean Feucht is an American politician, activist, Christian singer, songwriter and volunteer worship leader at Bethel Church in Redding, California. He ran as a Republican in California's 3rd Congressional District

Feucht has been both criticized and lauded for holding various Christian worship concerts in mid-2020 during and in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] The concerts were held to protest government restrictions on religious gatherings because of the pandemic.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Feucht

❤lmsp

[Demovictory9]

39. both Ivanka and Trump Jr will be desperately trying to keep the spotlight