This Axios item, headlined, “Potential Trump loss threatens destruction of modern GOP,” about what happens to the Republican Party if Trump loses is correct about how brutal the postelection period would be. But it gets a couple of big things wrong.
One, it makes this assertion: “Four consecutive poor election cycles would unleash a wave of sustained scrutiny that the GOP — as it currently exists — may not survive.” It may be that Trump begins to go away after another loss, and that would be a big change, but would, say, governors such as DeSantis, Kemp, and Reynolds just vaporize in the event of a loss, and the 50-ish Republicans in the Senate and 218-ish Republicans in the House disappear? The GOP would presumably be in a turbulent state, with lots of internecine conflict, but it would still exist.
Second, it says this: “Former Rep. Liz Cheney, who campaigned for Harris last week, would be among the conservative leaders seeking to restore democracy as a core Republican value.” Sorry, but after supporting and campaigning with Kamala Harris, Cheney is not going to have a significant voice in a post-loss GOP.