Can the GOP keep the Trump base going into 2021

[Jamesyu]

I don’t think they can and the first real test of that is going to be in the run offs in Georgia. I always say Trumpism can’t work without Trump. If we win the two run offs that’s going to be proven the case.

[RAB910]

1. Part of the Trump brand was that he is a "winner"

being a one-term President will really sully the brand

[safeinOhio]

2. There will be a split into 2 parties.

1. The Publican Party

2. The return of the Know Nothing Party.

[AleksS]

3. I think they can. It's like sports for them now.

Packers fans stuck with them through the losing years. I think repukes will stick with their “team” through the losing year now too.

It’s not about governing, or even winning. It’s just a team sport and their “team” has become their identity. The flags, hats, clothes, events, etc. it’s exactly the same as sports fandom.

These idiots don’t seem to know or care that there’s more at stake than who threw the sport ball for more touchdowns through the basket for home runs.

[Binkie The Clown]

4. Without Trump's brand of high melodrama to feed their frenzy, I doubt it. nt

[abqtommy]

5. It's up to us to heap scorn and contempt on the heads of reTHUGS and cultists so that at

minimum they'll crawl back under their rocks and stay there. Hey, it's a dirty job but somebody
has to do it!

[lagomorph777]

6. Buy out the brainwashing machine and flip the message.

Fux, Falsebook, Twit, and Hate Radio.

Enlist some billionaires, techies, psychologists, etc.

[brooklynite]

7. Do they want to?

As soon as Trump is gone, other Republicans will try to assert their own influence and promote their own futures.