Look: this isn’t just about New Hampshire, though anyone concerned about 2024 should be paying close attention to these developments. This is about Trump’s spectacularly poor judgment, which is currently the Democratic Party’s best (and only) asset.

Since he left office, Trump has been single-handedly wrecking the GOP. Sometimes he endorses unsavory and unelectable figures, including alleged wife-beaters like Messner and Sean Parnell. Other times, he throws a tantrum and urges Republicans to sit out whole elections as punishment for some alleged slight. In his spare time, he’s helped to drag the party to the left on social issues. For instance, he helped to launch the Republicans’ first LGBT pride coalition.

Anyone who checks my record will know that I’m a Trump guy, too. I supported him in the 2016 primary. But I was only for Trump because I thought Trump was for me. If he’s going to use his influence to sweep the Democrats into power, he’s lost my support.

And, from what I’m hearing, lots of longtime Trumpkins feel the same way. Because it’s not just his endorsements. When Trump decided to cast himself as Vaxxer-in-Chief, we started to get déjà vu. There were distinct notes of 2017, when the president enraged his base by ordering airstrikes on Syria.