They know their organizations could just as easily get banned if this becomes the norm, whether it’s because they accidentally run afoul of this administration or Dems make it back to power someday.

Doesn’t make it the wrong statement to make though.

They’d have to somehow keep Obama from running, so they can’t just say “third term”. It would have to be jerry-rigged to hell to let Trump run but keep Obama out.

Also makes me suspect that republicans have zero clue who they can run after The Donald. Why else would they even bother trying to mention having the guy in office after 2028? The methods to do that are either a constitutional amendment (they don’t have anywhere near a big enough majority to get one through) or unconstitutional means (scary, but also way more work/trouble than running a competent candidate and winning a normal election). It would be way easier to start grooming the heir apparent if they had any clue who that was.

A lot of these states have had Republican control of their legislatures for decades. Why exactly are their governments inefficient?

It wouldn’t even get that far. You need either two thirds of both House and Senate or for two thirds of the states to call for a constitutional convention just to propose an amendment.