JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="msgstatus"><p>houses</p></div>

JavaScript

$('msgstatus').observe('click', function(){
    var replacementDiv = document.createElement("div");
    replacementDiv.innerHTML = '<div id="msgstatus"><p>cars</p></div>';
    document.getElementById("msgstatus").innerHTML = replacementDiv.firstChild.innerHTML;
});