Seriously?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-christie-donald-trump-presidency-rating_n_608d0d34e4b05af50dc3acf1
Chris Christie has already announced that he's planning on running for president in 2024. The game for sucking up and getting Trump's blessing begins now.
Good lord. It’s like the GOP is going out of its way to promote candidates that will have the hardest time attracting independent and ‘soft’ democrats. Double-down on tossing red-meat to their steadily shrinking base.
Important points to remember:
-Trump got elected playing to the populist/blue collar/racist/conspiracy population
-He only lost the second time because the Democrats got the governors, legislatures, election boards, and courts to all cheat for them (edit: From the perspective of Trump supporters)
-Other conspiracy theorists and sociopaths got elected to Congress
-He still has influence over local races
-The electoral college is stacked to favor Republicans
In other words, they don't see the last 6 months as a failure of their plans and policies. This was a setback, and before Lady Gaga even got on a plane to go home the legislatures of Arizona, Georgia, and Texas were already writing new election laws to make sure it never happens again. Even the people that Trump has publicly thrown under the bus don't mind their treatment if there is a sliver of the party staying in power.