No matter how hard you try to build up the ball of crap that was the GOPe's response to Trump, it’s still a ball of GOPe crap.
I know you are obsessed with the GOPe, but it is the run of the mill voters who judge Trump unfavorably. It’s fantasy to think that if the party wrapped themselves around him that people would view him more favorably. it’s the coulda woulda shoulda defense. GOPe has become some monolith and anyone who is anti trump is conveniently thrown into it, as part of the anti trump conspiracy, no matter how ludicrous a thought it is.