traditional conservative Republican is code for GOPe
Naw, the term "GOPe" was coined in the 2016 presidential election to refer to anti-Trump "establishment" types like Jeb Bush or John Kasich.
GOPe has also referred to:
GOPe -- all "establishment" Republicans who opposed Donald Trump since 2016.
Some of these people are also considered "Never Trumpers":
Bottom line is that Donald Trump does not mock or otherwise abuse people who support him, and that included Mitch McConnell while McConnell was doing Trump's heavy lifting of conservative US Supreme Court nominees.