It’s déjà vu for the anti-Trump wing of the Republican Party: Donald Trump is going to be the GOP nominee again. Some might be reaching for a crack cocaine pipe, a la Hunter Biden, to cope with this reality. As this phony war of a primary season ends, it’s time to take stock and re-evaluate.

There was never a shot that Ron DeSantis could have made the inroads necessary to beat the former president. Trump’s grip on the GOP base was too tight, partially because tens of millions still think the issues surrounding the 2020 election went unresolved. That feeling of being cheated during that election, whether legitimate or not, is an endless supply of fuel that motivates base voters in these hyper-partisan days. The average GOP voter doesn’t hate DeSantis, but Trump is someone they can’t move away from just yet. In South Carolina, Tim Scott is the most popular politician in the state, though its voters opted overwhelmingly to give Trump another try for high office. And now, with Trump primed to sweep Super Tuesday, the Trump skeptics are reeling again.

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