I see nothing here to disprove other stories about how split the party is, on the contrary, there is more explanatory evidence of how Trump populist activists just infiltrated the ranks, lpartly with the help of his minions, while he had the power of the presidency

The loyalty to Mr. Trump results in part from the turnover on the committee during his term. The president’s top political lieutenants intervened to install loyalists in state and local G.O.P. conventions ahead of 2020. The goal was to prevent any party rule changes that could have made it easier to mount a primary challenge against Mr. Trump, but the end result was to leave the committee heavy with Trump devotees.

The changes also accelerated a trend that pre-dated Mr. Trump’s rise: the evolution of the committee from a body filled with canny political professionals and power brokers in their states to one dominated by dogmatic partisans well-marinated in Fox News and Facebook memes.

Perhaps more significant, the president has fostered a new wave of activism on the right — and many longstanding G.O.P. leaders fear alienating these newcomers to party politics.

the question now really is will the establishment fight back to get some control or become Independents and let it fully become the Trump Yahoo Party.

Part of that really does hinge on what happens with the dear leader after office, whether he can maintain "ratings" in some kind of media while fighting all kinds of state court cases (or while overseas?) with the international media titans cracking down on his shenanigans and those like him as we speak After all, there's a pandemic going on, countries have to keep shutting down, this is serious now.

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