Trump is not the enemy. The GOPe need to look in the mirror to find the real enemy.
What do they think? That if they manage to take Trump down, that all his supporters will suddenly gravitate to their chosen one Jebbie Bush? Or some other GOPe establishment empty suit?
They can spend a billion dollars running negative campaign ads against Donald Trump. And there's no shortage of material to dredge up. They will find little old ladies who gambled away their children's inheritance at penny slots at Trump owned casinos. We will hear about people who lost their job because a Trump owned business declared bankruptcy. We will hear nasty divorce stories and ugly comments that passed between Trump and his ex's as the divorces were going down.
But people aren't going to care about that. They aren't going to suddenly say "That's enough, I'm dumping Trump and going with Jebbie Bush over here."
Just not going to happen.
They will take out Trump and then AMPLIFY issues that are dear to Social Conservatives.
One of the GOPe candidates will become a voice for SoCon positions.
Works EVERY TIME.