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Mitch McConnell for one, and that's the main one right there. Mitt Romney too, though that's fairly niche these days. And if George W. Bush ever came out of hiding someday, well, he'd probably be a "progressive Democrat" at this point (heck, wouldn't even Reagan almost be thus, these days? at least by comparison...). Let's see, Lindsey Graham? Not that there's much functional difference though...
Some I have omitted, like Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, Mike Pence, b/c they never really stood for anything in the first place, except whatever shifting winds happened to be blowing atm (I know, I know, but I mean even more than usual for Republicans, and quite frankly politicians in general).
I think people held out hope for the GOP when they thought that Ron DeSantis would replace Trump. But when going up against ~~Putin~~ Trump, he just couldn't handle himself, like so many e.g. JEB before him.
People may have also held out hope b/c some of them, like MTG, are just so crazy - but then again, we never fail to underestimate the power of sheeple to not care, so long as they get their way (or rather, the overlords do, and then they will bow to whatever Authority says).
So now, instead of the GQP existing inside the GOP, the eggs that the wasp had lain previously have hatched and at this point it is the GOP that is a thin remaining shell, probably lasting exactly as long as McConnell and then no more.
Except in the minds of the "centrists" who will hold onto the former "glory" of the GOP, refusing to acknowledge that Trump is here to stay, forever.