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No they don't. If his base would really start to protest against him the Republican party would ditch Trump immediately.
You've got it backwards.
The people behind Trump only support the GOP because the GOP aligns with them.
Look up the 'Dixiecrats,' hard core southern racists who thought they could hold the Democratic Party in thrall forever. When LBJ signed the Civil rights Act they flew to Nixon and his dog whistle "War On Drugs."
If the GOP leadership turns on Trump, the voters will turn on the GOP.