Oddly enough, perhaps the closest historical analogy to what has happened on the right is to what occurred on the extreme left decades ago. Much like the most militantly revolutionary radicals of the late 1960s and early 70s, Trump’s most ardent supporters are convinced that they are battling an irredeemably corrupt system, which must be combated “by any means necessary.” If the only way they can lose (as Trump said of Pennsylvania) is to be cheated out of their victory, the normal reconciliation between victor and vanquished does not apply.

Thus, if Hillary Clinton wins, the era of de-legitimizing Obama will likely segue seamlessly into the era of NeverHillary. Not only is she a Clinton—and thus the logical heir to the de-legitimization campaign that Gingrich and Co. heaped on her husband 20 years ago—but the new Clinton administration will be in the eyes of the right little more than Obama’s third term. As Roger Stone promised: “We will not stand for it.”