Likely those who will replace these leaving will be trumpers, unless we vote for ANY democrat.

....instead of kowtowing to the Tea Party/Trumpers, that is a good thing. I was more concerned that they would embrace that 30% to stay in power.

If it can be salvaged, it will only be at the end of a long time in the wilderness after hitting rock bottom. The only hope we have left is that their fall doesn't drag the country down with them further than they already have. The only way we can realize that goal is to wrench the levers of power away from them by voting straight Democratic ticket in every election for the foreseeable future, from President down to dogcatcher.

they do, it is mild. He owns them.

This is the party they have been building for quite some time.

The tea party was the largest shift but Trump is just an extension of that. The republican party has been dead for at least a decade now.
They have been surviving on nothing but hate for as least as long.

And he is unable to surround himself with people who can.

Trump will rule the rump party.

nm

Frontline last night was "Trump's Takeover".
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/watch/

It's well worth the watch.

most obvious iteration of their pigheaded, racist, xenophobic and greedy little souls.