Maybe Cox deserves credit for winning the primary? Atlas always says the most right-wing candidates are "unelectable" and they consistently beat expectations on this forum. Republican primary voters still love Trump, but the far-leftists on this forum can't understand how somebody can support Trump except for "muh racist" or "muh fascist" or whatever.
Not saying Cox will win the general election, but don't act all shocked when Trumpist candidates win primaries and (some) win general elections.
No one is surprised when Trumpist candidates win Republican -primaries-. It is much more surprising when Trumpist candidates don’t get the nomination.
But that doesn’t make them “electable”. The number of Trumpist candidates that have won general elections in swing states is pretty small. And as far as I can think of, the number of Trumpist candidates that have won in states or districts as blue as MD is zero.