If Donald Trump loses the election, to hear him and his campaign tell it, the fate of the Republican Party should be the least of our concerns: His defeat would spell the end of the nation itself and all that we hold dear. AdvertisementSome observers seem to think the GOP might not survive a Trump defeat. But we’re already almost a full decade into the Republican identity crisis. It does seem likely that if Trump loses, he will claim that this election was rigged too. But Trump’s departure from presidential politics would presage the end of the Republican identity crisis, not the beginning.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 08, 2024 23:13 UTC