“Who knows what he does? I think he’s going to be mad like a wounded animal after the election, just looking for the next thing to go after,” he added, noting that Trump will “still have sway over a certain amount of people who will believe anything he says.”

“The fissures in the party will extend long beyond Election Day, and it’s going to be extremely difficult to unite the Republican coalition, going forward,” Williams said.

What’s more, “an unprecedented level of disunity and chaos that’s been brought on by Donald Trump’s behavior” has left traditional Republicans scrambling to hold the party together and protect its Capitol Hill majorities.