WASHINGTON: Their candidate may have lost the election, but President Donald Trumps supporters have no intention of fading away. After spending weeks amplifying Trumps unfounded claims that the November election was rigged against him, many of his loyal fans are eagerly awaiting his next ventures, including a potential presidential run in 2024.
In the meantime, they present a daunting challenge for President-elect Joe Biden: how to govern a bitterly divided nation that now includes many who not only disagree with his policies, but view him as an illegitimate president who won only because of mass election fraud, which did not actually happen.
The effort by the Trump forces to delegitimize Biden has poisoned our political bloodstream so badly that it could take years to recover,” said David Gergen, who served as an adviser to Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.
Trump will leave the White House on Jan. 20 with an iron grip on a Republican Party that…
