Trump did NOT 'destroy the GOP'.
The GOP was 'destroyed' a long time ago. Before they were even called 'Washington Establishment', career GOP politicians crossed over to the 'dark side' with the Liberals to begin making maintaining and protecting their own personal / party positions, power, and profit a higher priority that doing their elected jobs - upholding / defending the Constitution, enforcing the Rule of law, and representing the people of the United States.
They shed the mantle of 'Servants of the People' and donned the self-appointed titles of 'Oligarchist rulers'. In violation of the Constitution they exempted themselves from the very 'edicts' they imposed on our citizens, they elevated themselves above the laws and the rule of law - refusing to hold themselves equally accountable before the law for criminal violations from which the average US citizen would never be exempted, and they stopped listening, stopped representing those who elected them, and began 'ruling'.
The perfect example is how for years they TOLD their constituents to STFU, 'hold your nose, and vote' for the candidates THEY chose. They said, 'Voting for OUR pick is better than letting the Democrats win'. That may have been true for a while, but AFTER a while it became impossible to tell the difference between the Republicans and the democrats.
Trump nailed Rubio on the fact that the man co-authored the Gang of 8 Amnesty bill...then abandoned it - refused to fight for his own bill, 'what he believed in'. Trump ACCURATELY pointed out that America needed someone who would FIGHT for what he / they believed in - 'Rubio is not that guy'.
The GOP has been DEVOID of someone like that for a while. The GOP would RATHER be in the minority. Being in the MAJORITY means you actually have to LEAD, take risks, fight for what you believe in...and today's GOP are too afraid to fight for what they supposedly stand for because they fear they might insult / offend people and end up losing their own jobs, money, power....
Anger, frustration, rebellion....the GOP is reaping what they have sown. THEY fueled the rebellion, THEY caused the up-rising...and all I can say is IT'S ABOUT TIME.
Anyone criticizing people for rebelling...if you have ever called for or declared 'throw the bums out - all of them', THIS is what it looks like. You can't 'throw the bums out' unless you rip the 'Washington Establishment' guts out of BOTH parties....Boehner, Pelosi, McConnell, Reid, Hillary, Bush, etc.... Otherwise you're just quoting propaganda while willing to allow the same ol' status quo to continue.
Trump didn't 'destroy the GOP'...he gave a face, voice, and persona to the 'revolution' the GOP Washington Establishment forced to happen...