This Axios item, headlined, “Potential Trump loss threatens destruction of modern GOP,” about what happens to the Republican Party if Trump loses is correct about how brutal the post-election period would be. But it gets a couple of big things wrong.

One, it makes this assertion: “Four consecutive poor election cycles would unleash a wave of sustained scrutiny that the GOP — as it currently exists — may not survive.” It may be that Trump begins to go away after another loss, and that would be a big change, but would, say, governors like DeSantis, Kemp, and Reynolds just vaporize in the event of a loss, and the 50-ish Republicans in the Senate and 218-ish Republicans in the House disappear? The GOP would presumably be in a turbulent state, with lots of internecine conflict, but it would still exist.

Second, it says this: “Former Rep. Liz Cheney, who campaigned for Harris last week, would be among the conservative leaders seeking to restore democracy as a core Republican value.” Sorry, but after supporting and campaigning with Kamala Harris, Cheney is not going to have a significant voice in a post-loss GOP.