trump’s influence on the party will finally be gone when his hardcore base deserts him. Anecdotes like this from the ’ Did the GOP underperform this election cycle?’ thread are encouraging:
My own 20 year old son, who is a hardcore right-winger and a former trump acolyte, is a good bellwether of wingnut trends, and has been saying that trump is done and that Desantis is the future of the party since months before the midterms.