“But that is part of my question
why not nominate a republican who will win a general election (and lacks Trump’s “despicable mannerisms.”)“
The reason no other republican would win is because without trump’s mannerisms the Democrats and the MSM would tear him to shreds (mitts binders, throwing granny off a cliff, lock all the African Americans in chains, all these things were thrown at the Republicans with vicious vengeance)
Even Ted Cruz, who a lot of republicans voted for in the primary (because he has a backbone too) couldn’t stand up to trump and looked pain at some of the attacks for sure wouldn’t be able to stand up during Hillary or any other democrat
Mind you, even though I’m too young to remember Reagan, I’ve heard that he had the same brashness to stand up to the democrats
Most of the gop are a bunch of sissies