The future of the Republican Party hinges on how it handles the millions of voters who backed Donald Trump if he loses on Nov. 8., a key GOP operative said Friday.

Steve Law, president of the Senate Leadership Fund and a former top aide to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said a Trump loss means Republicans would face the question of “whether the party can find a way to appeal to” the significant faction of Trump supporters who gravitated to his populist message.

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