The Republicans don’t want Trump. They will distance themselves even more as Trump’s legal battles increase, and they will.

But Trumpism, as a campaign strategy is blooming in all the red states. DeSantis and Abbot are both tools of the fossil fuel and gun industries. They are almost as crude as Trump, and they are just as racist. They know that Biden won the election, and they want to stop elections from counting the votes of Democrats. Lies, greed, racism, and cheating will still be the Republican way.