Many republicans are of the opinion that we give the left the win on this issue. That the GOP should elect someone who will appease the middle a bit, overlook the corruption, allow elected officials to continue down the current path with hopes the socialist dictatorship will be installed more gradually.
They believe someone such as Romney or Christie who can be depended upon to give democrats more control over the policy decisions of a GOP administration would be best. Of course, the attacks on any GOP nominee will start immediately after the GOP is announced. Anyone who thinks otherwise has not been paying attention over the past few decades. If the “deep state” is allowed to get away with what they have done to both Trump and conservatives over the past few years, by being rewarded in such a way, then there is no use in voting at all. Let THEM select the leader they want once more.
I don't know of anyone saying that. From what I can tell, and see, we see options as to who is the best warrior to fight this battle going forward. The main options are Trump, a nationalist, and DeSantis, a conservative.
They believe someone such as Romney or Christie who can be depended upon
Again, who is this 'they?' I don't know of anyone supporting Christie, here or anywhere. And especially not Romney. Do you? Who?
Of course, the attacks on any GOP nominee will start immediately after the GOP is announced. Anyone who thinks otherwise has not been paying attention over the past few decades.
As you said, that's nothing new. A given, as a matter of fact. And Trump has honestly received a lot more blows in this regard, than he's given. He's a target rich environment, for the enemy, unfortunately.
If the “deep state” is allowed to get away with what they have done to both Trump and conservatives over the past few years, by being rewarded in such a way, then there is no use in voting at all.
Well, conservatives haven't taken as many blows on the chin as Trump the last few years, thankfully. He's never claimed to be a conservative, or really even acted like one, either. His supposed brand is either Nationalist, or Populist, not conservative. Populist is typically even a liberal who has grievances, like Occupy Wall Street.
And these distinctions are important. I don't think a "Nationalist" is a good platform to be on, to take on the government. A "nationalist" could actually even be a socialist, or even worse, communist, who believes in a very STRONG government. I'm not accusing Trump of that, just saying that a nationalist platform isn't the strongest to take on the deep state, since it can stand for a strong national government.
It's got to be conservative movement, who at its core distrusts government. Trump, on the other hand, just doesn't like THIS government. Listen to him, he just wants to replace it with HIS government. Which is not necessarily a good thing, especially long term, as he's already ~80 years old.