💬 the tellers' own words: “a singular and charismatic figure whose support comes from his personality and his presence ... that I think will be hard to transfer to someone else” “all of the Republicans in those groups said our nominee cannot be somebody who is associated with the Trump administration” “Historically, when the king dies or the king is dying, either way, the king's about to be done.” “how will they try to sustain the MAGA coalition beyond the presidency of Donald Trump?” “Republicans are already grappling with the question of what this party is without Trump” “the base would tell me, you know, hundreds of thousands of people would just say, Sir, they weren't for you” “the battle for the nomination is going to be rife. I think it's going to be ugly. It's going to be fractured.” “The battle for who the future of the Republican Party is has begun.” “The worst part for the Republicans is that Donald Trump's term is eventually going to end... They have not learned any of these lessons.” “there will have to be other voices and eventually another leader from within the party who carries on the mantle” “they just didn't inspire the people to get out and vote” “they're also in a difficult position because there is no Trump come 2028.”