It's an odd thing. There are three political factions: Patriots, Communists, and Globalists. The globalists were in both parties. They went rabidly anti-Trump, and when George Will said Trump would do damage to the Republicans that would take generations to repair, he was correct, as far as his faction of the party was concerned. Limbaugh mentioned it several times, that the Republican Party was embarrassed by their base. They considered them unwashed yokels. The ONLY way they got elected to any positions was that the democrats were even worse.
That's how we ended up holding our noses and voting for people like this:
The old GOPe ended up on the outs in the party. Now, guys like George Will, Bill Kristol, Rick Wilson, John Kasich, and Colin Powell (who probably never voted for a Republican) are trying to glom onto the democrats. Guess what? The Democrats don't want them. They're communists.
There are only two ways a globalist gets elected. Either they lie about who they are, or they ensure there's no choice except for a globalist.
That's why the Republicans pushed so hard for Jeb! They KNEW how bad he was, and W had damaged the Bush brand so badly, Jeb! didn't even use his last name in his campaign materials. Their internal polling showed Jeb! with a 20% ceiling among REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS! That's why they had fifteen candidates. The plan was for Jeb! to pick up his 20%, split the rest of the vote among the others, and make Florida (Jeb's home state) winner take all, about halfway through the primary season. When Jeb! won Florida, they would declare him "inevitable" and get everyone else to drop out. It was to be the globalist wet dream election: Bush vs Clinton. No matter who won, the globalists won.
When the Dems were able to screw Bernie out of the nomination, the globalists all pitched their tents in Hillary's back yard. But guess what. The RAT base DOES NOT WANT THEM. They were able to force Biden to be the nominee, but the RAT base doesn't want him, either.
TL;DR: The Neo-cons don't have a party.