Some are cheering here from Scott Jennings as CNN’s resident Trump apologist gloats at the Never Trump movement, the Lincoln Project and other former Republicans, saying they “swindled millions and millions and millions of dollars from Democratic donors “. Members of that movement ridiculed Jennings and others like him, who were given prominent places in the mainstream media to normalize Trump’s traits. And now it’s time for a Scott Jennings payback.

Whether one agrees with Jenning’s assessment of the Never Trumpers as scoundrels or not, it is clear from exit polls that Nikki Haley’s voters voted Republican again (just as most of us expected them to) because Trump’s share of Republican voters increased from 2020. And much more among independents.

Source: Real policy clear

KASIE HUNT, CNN: This Never-Trump movement within the Republican Party, frankly, is not supported here today.

SCOTT JENNINGS, CNN: Good job, guys. I mean, this whole “Never-Trump” complex that’s grown in recent years, nothing has failed as hard in politics as this. The Lincoln Project, all these people who swindled millions and millions and millions of dollars from Democratic donors and all the eggs that were put in this basket. The breakup was amazing. Trump got about 94 percent of Republicans. I don’t think they accomplished anything except maybe building a bunch of beach houses. That’s pretty much what they did.

The Republicans who have been betrayed, condescended to, beaten by all these people lately — look, at some point, it’s okay if we have different opinions about the election. You don’t have to beat people to death over it. And the more you do that, the more it drives people away. Total failure.