Republicans love to refer to themselves as the “family values” party, Uproxx notes, but for all of that some of them sure spend plenty of time wishing death on anyone who goes against them. This includes Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) who has, on more than one occasion, led church congregations to pray for the death of President Joe Biden.

And now it seems, Republican lawmakers are worried about the damage Donald Trump may wreak on the country and the GOP as he continues his 2024 presidential campaign. Some are apparently worried enough that they wish the former president would just keel over during a round of golf.

The GOP is trying to work out the best strategy for winning back the White House in 2024 but what they keep asking each other is: Will Trump help or hinder this goal? After all, he lost BIGLY in 2020, so official and potential presidential candidates are trying to suss out what kind of power Trump’s base may hold. Even though that base is apparently shrinking.

Politico notes many Republicans wouldn’t be terribly upset if a heart attack on the golf course takes care of the problem.

Writing for Politico, David Siders and Meridith McGraw add:

“Despite his difficulties since he left office, about a third of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters still consider themselves supporters more of Trump than the Republican Party, according to a recent NBC News poll. Many of them aren’t going anywhere. Fully 28 percent of Republican primary voters are so devoted to the former president that they said they’d support him even if he ran as an independent, according to a national survey last month from The Bulwark and longtime Republican pollster Whit Ayres. Indeed, the ‘Always Trump’ component of the party is so pronounced that it’s affecting how Trump’s opponents operate around him.”

Fergus Cullen, the former chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party offered a distinctly curt answer about what he’s hearing from his fellow GOPers: “All these folks are just hoping that Trump’s going to have a heart attack on a golf course one day, and that’s going to solve the problem for them. Not much of a strategy.”

But the Democrats don’t seem to be up to much in terms of working out a strategy for the 2024 presidential election either. President Joe Biden may or may not run. We don’t know yet. Marianne Williamson, who ran in 2020, has announced she’s running on the Democratic ticket but she’s such a fringe candidate that it’s unlikely she’d win.

Obviously, the Republicans are working to gin up their game. I hope the Democrats are paying attention.