#NeverTrump: We told you he would kill us but you didn't listen

“I’d be lying if I didn’t admit to some satisfaction that he is being exposed for the fake that many of us thought him to be from the beginning,” said Bryan McGrath, a defense consultant who in March helped organize a letter of 121 GOP national security leaders opposing Trump.

It’s a satisfaction that former Trump antagonists Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio may never get to feel—both denounced him in severe terms during the primary, but then later endorsed and have not backed away from their decision. On Tuesday, Rubio reaffirmed his support for Trump despite a leaked video showing the nominee advocating sexual assault.

Never Trumpers will not be satisfied with merely being right, however. The war against Trump will not be over, in the view of many who have opposed him from the beginning, until not only he—but also his supporters and their ideas—are entirely detached from the party.

“After election day, a bitter and protracted civil war will have to be waged to be rid of this mindless and militant Trump cult and to save genuine conservatism’s place in Lincoln’s Republican Party,” said Richard Russell, a Republican who formerly served as an adviser to the U.S. military’s Central Command.