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This is reliant on an unreasonable amount of optimism, especially when you consider the direction things are going right now.
The country as a whole just took a hard shift to the right. Trump actively promised everything he is currently delivering, and even openly said he was going to make things harder on the poor. And our country as a whole stood up and said "Yes, I'd like more of that please." Trump very well may make things harder on the Republican party base, but they will not blame Trump or his cronies. They will blame Biden. They will blame DEI. They will blame "Woke". They will blame Kamala Harris. Hillary Clinton. Barack Obama. They will blame anybody but themselves, and they're willing to make sure that no filthy Democrat ever gets into office again. Because it's all their fault with their woke DEI hires like Kamala Harris dontchaknow? And if you don't know, they'll be sure to tell you.
The GOP do not look inward. They double down on the stupid. They blame "Them". They never take responsibility. There is no situation where you're going to make the GOP look left, and in many cases they'd be primaried if they tried. We have already learned the hard way that for every Republican nutjob already in Congress, there are 10 more ready, willing, and able to take their place who are 10 times as crazy.
And the absolute dead last thing you want right now is a Constitutional Convention. Republicans hold 28 states compared to Democrats' 18. And many of those state governors and legislatures are firmly on board the Trump train. We can't manage to ratify an Equal Rights Amendment that was passed by Congress back in 1972. Over 50 years ago. And you want any of these people holding a Constitutional Convention? Since Republicans would essentially be in control of the process since they have far more state governments, that would more likely lead to things like a national abortion ban and Trump being all but constitutionally enshrined as a King before it leads to any kind of reforms or restrictions on Trump's behavior.