Or they come to their senses after a blowout election and they find an actual decent social conservative with moderate economic ideas to run in 2020. He probably won't win (unless Hillary is a total disaster of a President), but at least he could form a recognizable Republican Party. But they will need to escort most of the deplorables out of the Big Tent for that to happen. I'm not sure exactly how you do that, but quite a few would self-deport to a Trump/Tea Party. Maybe the GOP can help them form, and then go their separate ways? They would be giving up any chance at a winning coalition for the Presidency, but at least they would be proud to be called Republicans again. Maybe it's better not to lie down with dogs?
As for Hillary being a disaster, I doubt that will happen. She is at least as competent as Obama was in 2008. (That's why I voted for her.) If she has the Congress it looks like she will get, we have a chance to get all sorts of things fixed, including all the gerrymandering that keeps Republicans in the House.
