Look, in the end, I think effectively every poster among the many who have posted here on and off aren't stupid enough to be taken in by Trump, BUT they are offended that they are somehow guilty by association with the worst of the worst of their "side". And that "worst" is very ugly indeed, as the current situation in the UK attests, as Jan 6 attested, as countless talking heads in the US and politicians in both nations attest.
But the devolution of conservative norms and ideals is what it is -- the GOP has been subsumed by a cult leader and become a cult itself, and there's no getting away from it. Which IMO is why the right thing for truly principled conservatives to do is become Never Trumpers until they wash the stain out of their party, even if it means living with politics and principles they don't like for a while.